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mineral oil

/ˈmɪn.(ə).ɹəl ɔɪl//ˈmɪn.ɚ.əl ɔɪl/

mineral oil noun: any mixture of aliphatic and alicyclic hydrocarbons derived from petroleum used for very many applications, but not as a fuel.

mineral oil: any mixture of aliphatic and alicyclic hydrocarbons derived from petroleum used for very many...
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Noun

mineral oil (countable and uncountable, plural mineral oils)

  1. Any mixture of aliphatic and alicyclic hydrocarbons derived from petroleum used for very many applications, but not as a fuel.
    Synonyms:
    E905a, petrolatum

mineral oil meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Thai

mineral oil in Tamil

கனிம எண்ணெய், கனிப்பொருளெண்ணெய், கனிப்பொருணெய், சுரங்க எண்ணெய்

mineral oil in Kannada

ಖನಿಜತೈಲ, ಪೆಟ್ರೋಲಿಯಂ ಯಾ ಪೆಟ್ರೋಲಿಯಂ ಉತ್ಪನ್ನಗಳು

mineral oil in Thai

mixture
น้ำมันแร่ náam-man-rɛ̂ɛ

Synonyms of mineral oil

Forms of mineral oil

pluralmineral oils

Questions about mineral oil

What does mineral oil mean?
Mineral oil means any mixture of aliphatic and alicyclic hydrocarbons derived from petroleum used for very many applications, but not as a fuel.
What is mineral oil in Tamil?
Mineral oil in Tamil is கனிம எண்ணெய், கனிப்பொருளெண்ணெய், கனிப்பொருணெய். See Mineral oil meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is mineral oil?
Mineral oil is a noun.
How do you pronounce mineral oil?
Mineral oil is pronounced /ˈmɪn.(ə).ɹəl ɔɪl/ (UK).
What is the plural of mineral oil?
The plural of mineral oil is mineral oils.

Words near mineral oil in the dictionary

  1. mineral greens
  2. mineral lick
  3. mineral licks
  4. mineral makeup
  5. mineral makeups
  6. mineral oil
  7. mineral oils
  8. mineral processing
  9. mineral railway
  10. mineral railways
  11. mineral right

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: mineral oil (page history and authors); mineral oil (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mineral oil (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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