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oil of petre

oil of petre noun: petroleum.

Noun

oil of petre (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) petroleum

Questions about oil of petre

What does oil of petre mean?
Oil of petre means petroleum.
What part of speech is oil of petre?
Oil of petre is a noun.

Words near oil of petre in the dictionary

  1. oil of lemon eucalyptus
  2. oil of mirbane
  3. oil of myrbane
  4. oil of olives
  5. oil of palm
  6. oil of petre
  7. oil of spike
  8. oil of talc
  9. oil of tartar
  10. oil of tartar per deliquium
  11. oil of turpentine

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