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oile

oile is the obsolete form of oil.

Meaning of oil

Noun

oil (countable and uncountable, plural oils)

  1. Liquid fat.
  2. Petroleum-based liquid used as fuel or lubricant.
  3. Petroleum.
    • Oil is found in countries such as Saudi Arabia and is transported all over the world.
  4. (countable) An oil painting.
    • Yet, in another way, I was unable to put Picasso's oils in the same class as Cezanne's, or even (which will no doubt shock many readers) as Renoir's.1973, John Ulric Nef, Search for meaning: the autobiography of a nonconformist, page 89
  5. (painting) Oil paint.
    • I prefer to paint in oil

See all 11 meanings of oil

Forms of oile

pluraloiles

Questions about oile

What is oile the obsolete form of?
Oile is the obsolete form of oil.

Words near oile in the dictionary

  1. oildom
  2. oildown
  3. oildowns
  4. oildriller
  5. oildrillers
  6. oile
  7. oiled
  8. oiled silk
  9. oiled silks
  10. oiled up
  11. oiler

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