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pet coke

pet coke is the clipping of petroleum coke.

Meaning of petroleum coke

Noun

petroleum coke (countable and uncountable, plural petroleum cokes)

  1. A substance, mostly carbon, that is a byproduct of oil refining; used as a fuel or in many industrial applications.

Forms of pet coke

pluralpet cokes
alternative formpetcoke

Questions about pet coke

What is pet coke the clipping of?
Pet coke is the clipping of petroleum coke.

Words near pet coke in the dictionary

  1. pet
  2. pet carrier
  3. pet carriers
  4. pet cemeteries
  5. pet cemetery
  6. pet coke
  7. pet cokes
  8. pet cone
  9. pet cones
  10. pet door
  11. pet doors

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