1. oil

noun. ['ˈɔɪl'] a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water.

Rhymes with Oil

• oleoyl
• oboyle
• o'boyle
• croyle
• royle
• moyle
• moyl
• hoyle
• foyle
• doyle
• coyle
• boyle

How do you pronounce oil?

Pronounce oil as ɔɪl.

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UK - How to pronounce oil in British English

Sentences with oil

1. Noun, singular or mass
Put some peanut oil in the bottom of the pan and season the sorghum with salt to taste.

Quotes about oil

1. Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.
- J. Paul Getty

2. Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of another's heart, or its flame burns low.
- Henry Ward Beecher

3. It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship.
- Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

2. oil-soluble

adjective. soluble in oil.

3. oil-bearing

adjective. containing oil.

4. oil-fired

adjective. fueled by burning oil.

5. oil-water_interface

noun. an interface forming the boundary between the non-miscible liquids oil and water.

6. oil

noun. ['ˈɔɪl'] oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist.

7. oil

verb. ['ˈɔɪl'] cover with oil, as if by rubbing.

8. oil

verb. ['ˈɔɪl'] administer an oil or ointment to; often in a religious ceremony of blessing.

9. oil

noun. ['ˈɔɪl'] any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants.

10. oil

noun. ['ˈɔɪl'] a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons.