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oilcan

oilcan noun: a container with a long spout, for holding oil and delivering it in drops or small quantities for lubrication.

oilcan: a container with a long spout, for holding oil and delivering it in drops or small quantities for...
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Noun

oilcan (plural oilcans)

  1. A container with a long spout, for holding oil and delivering it in drops or small quantities for lubrication.

oilcan meaning in Urdu and Persian

oilcan in Urdu

کپی

oilcan in Persian

container
روغندان rowġan-dân

Forms of oilcan

pluraloilcans
alternative formoil can

Origin of oilcan

From oil + can.

Questions about oilcan

What does oilcan mean?
Oilcan means a container with a long spout, for holding oil and delivering it in drops or small quantities for lubrication.
What is oilcan in Urdu?
Oilcan in Urdu is کپی. See Oilcan meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is oilcan?
Oilcan is a noun.
What is the plural of oilcan?
The plural of oilcan is oilcans.

Words near oilcan in the dictionary

  1. oilboxes
  2. oilbrush
  3. oilbrushes
  4. oilcake
  5. oilcakes
  6. oilcan
  7. oilcanning
  8. oilcans
  9. oilcloth
  10. oilclothed
  11. oilcloths

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Adapted from Wiktionary: oilcan (page history and authors); oilcan (Urdu 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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