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oil-burning

oil-burning adjective: synonym of oil-fired.

Adjective

oil-burning (not comparable)

  1. Synonym of oil-fired.
    • Heating of the two cars is not electric, but is by means of an oil-burning airheater.1958 June, “First Battery Railcars on B.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 418
    Synonyms:
    oil-fired

Synonyms of oil-burning

Questions about oil-burning

What does oil-burning mean?
Oil-burning means synonym of oil-fired.
What part of speech is oil-burning?
Oil-burning is an adjective.

Words near oil-burning in the dictionary

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

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