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bunker fuels

bunker fuels is the plural of bunker fuel.

Meaning of bunker fuel

Noun

bunker fuel (usually uncountable, plural bunker fuels)

  1. (usually) A type of extremely viscous, heavy fuel oil primarily used by large oceangoing ships.
    • The A. S. T. M. centrifuge test of crude petroleum, commonly used in commercial examinations, was found satisfactory for light oils have a Saybolt Furol viscosity of 200 seconds or less, such as bunker fuel oils “B”.1923 January, “Accurately Measuring Fuel Oil Sediment”, in Fuel Oil for Heat and Power, volume 1, page 31
    Synonyms:
    bunker oil, bunker

Questions about bunker fuels

What is bunker fuels the plural of?
Bunker fuels is the plural of bunker fuel.

Words near bunker fuels in the dictionary

  1. bunker barges
  2. bunker buster
  3. bunker busters
  4. bunker down
  5. bunker fuel
  6. bunker fuels
  7. Bunker Hill
  8. bunker oil
  9. bunker oils
  10. bunker out
  11. bunker up

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