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oils

oils is the plural of oil.

oils is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

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Phrases with oils

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Questions about oils

What is oils the plural of?
Oils is the plural of oil.

Words near oils in the dictionary

  1. oilproofed
  2. oilproofing
  3. oilproofs
  4. oilrig
  5. oilrigs
  6. oils
  7. oils of turpentine
  8. oils up
  9. oilsand
  10. oilsands
  11. oilseed

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