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rock oil

rock oil noun: naphtha (liquid petroleum).

Noun

rock oil (countable and uncountable, plural rock oils)

  1. (dated) Naphtha (liquid petroleum).
  2. (obsolete) Petroleum

rock oil meaning in Tamil

rock oil in Tamil

சிலைத்தைலம், பாறை நெய்யம்

Forms of rock oil

pluralrock oils
alternative formrock-oil

Origin of rock oil

From rock + oil, a literal rendering of Latin petroleum (literally “rock oil”).

Questions about rock oil

What does rock oil mean?
Rock oil means naphtha (liquid petroleum).
What is rock oil in Tamil?
Rock oil in Tamil is சிலைத்தைலம், பாறை நெய்யம். See Rock oil meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is rock oil?
Rock oil is a noun.
What is the plural of rock oil?
The plural of rock oil is rock oils.

Words near rock oil in the dictionary

  1. rock mouse
  2. rock mulching
  3. rock music
  4. rock n roll
  5. Rock of Gibraltar
  6. rock oil
  7. rock oils
  8. rock on
  9. rock opera
  10. rock operas
  11. rock out

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rock oil (page history and authors); rock oil (Tamil 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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