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oil-based

oil-based adjective: of a product, material, or system, in which oil (natural or synthetic) is the primary component.

Adjective

oil-based (comparative more oil-based, superlative most oil-based)

  1. Of a product, material, or system, in which oil (natural or synthetic) is the primary component.

Forms of oil-based

comparativemore oil-based
superlativemost oil-based

Questions about oil-based

What does oil-based mean?
Oil-based means of a product, material, or system, in which oil (natural or synthetic) is the primary component.
What part of speech is oil-based?
Oil-based is an adjective.

Words near oil-based in the dictionary

  1. oil tycoon
  2. oil tycoons
  3. oil up
  4. oil well
  5. oil wells
  6. oil-based
  7. oil-burning
  8. oil-canning
  9. oil-digger
  10. oil-down
  11. oil-downs

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