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oil pan

oil pan noun: a sump.

Noun

oil pan (plural oil pans)

  1. (Canada, US) A sump.

Forms of oil pan

pluraloil pans
alternative formoilpan

Questions about oil pan

What does oil pan mean?
Oil pan means a sump.
What part of speech is oil pan?
Oil pan is a noun.
What is the plural of oil pan?
The plural of oil pan is oil pans.

Words near oil pan in the dictionary

  1. oil painting
  2. oil paintings
  3. oil paints
  4. oil palm
  5. oil palms
  6. oil pan
  7. oil pans
  8. oil patch
  9. oil patches
  10. oil pipeline
  11. oil platform

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