petroleum
/pəˈtɹoʊliəm/
petroleum noun: a flammable liquid ranging in color from clear to very dark brown and black, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons, occurring naturally in deposits under the Earth's surface.
Noun
petroleum (countable and uncountable, plural petroleums or petrolea)
- A flammable liquid ranging in color from clear to very dark brown and black, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons, occurring naturally in deposits under the Earth's surface.
- petroleum-based products
- Coal and petroleum do not occur hap-hazard in nature, but the aggregate occurrence of each product in any region forms a definite, limited horizon, which, in its continuance, is independent of the bedding plane.1940, William Plotts, Isogeotherm, Or Monist Theory of Stratified Mineral Occurrence and Origin, page 7
- Synonyms:
- crude oil, oil, black gold, dino juice, dino oil, dinosaur juice, dinosaur oil, gas, gasoline, juice
Proper noun capitalized: Petroleum
Petroleum
- An unincorporated community in Nottingham Township, Wells County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in Allen County, Kentucky.
- An unincorporated community in Ritchie County, West Virginia.
- Synonyms:
- Rogers
petroleum meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
petroleum in Hindi
- petroleum, gasoline
- शिलातैल śilātail
petroleum in Tamil
- பாறைநெய், புவிநெய்
petroleum in Marathi
- पेट्रोलियम, पेट्रोलिअम
petroleum in Urdu
- پیٹرولیم, پٹرولیم
More languagesFewer languages
- petroleum in Bengali
- পেট্রল
- petroleum in Telugu
- పెట్రోలియం
- petroleum in Malayalam
- പെട്രോളിയം, ഹൈഡ്രോകാർബൺ എണ്ണമിശ്രിതം, മണ്ണെണ്ണ
- petroleum in Kannada
- ಖನಿಜತೈಲ, ಕಲ್ಲೆಣ್ಣೆ
- petroleum in Punjabi
- ਖਣਿਜ ਤੇਲ khaṇij tel, ਤੇਲ tel
- petroleum in Gujarati
- પેટ્રોલિયમ, પેટ્રોલીયમ, પેટ્રોલિયમનું
- petroleum in Odia
- ପେଟ୍ରୋଲିଯ଼ମ, ପେଟ୍ରୋଲିଯ଼ମ୍
- petroleum in Nepali
- पेट्रोलियम
Examples of petroleum in a sentence
- The best medium might be petroleum, liquified gas, or something of that nature.
- Petroleum is the raw material refined into various fuels and needed for countless chemicals.
- It's extremely hard to corner the petroleum market because there are so many players.
Synonyms of petroleum
Forms of petroleum
| plural | petroleums |
|---|---|
| plural | petrolea |
| alternative form (archaic) | petrolaeum |
| alternative form (archaic) | petrolæum |
Origin of petroleum
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin petroleum. Doublet of petrol.
Words formed from petroleum
Phrases with petroleum
Questions about petroleum
- What does petroleum mean?
- Petroleum means a flammable liquid ranging in color from clear to very dark brown and black, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons, occurring naturally in deposits under the Earth's surface.
- What is petroleum in Hindi?
- Petroleum in Hindi is शिलातैल (śilātail). See Petroleum meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is petroleum?
- Petroleum can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce petroleum?
- Petroleum is pronounced /pəˈtɹoʊliəm/ (US).
- What is the plural of petroleum?
- The plural of petroleum is petroleums.
Words near petroleum in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: petroleum (page history and authors); Petroleum (page history and authors); शिलातैल (Hindi) (page history and authors); petroleum (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); petroleum (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); petroleum (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); petroleum (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); petroleum (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); petroleum (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); petroleum (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਖਣਿਜ ਤੇਲ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); petroleum (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); petroleum (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); petroleum (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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