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self-oiling

self-oiling adjective: automatically lubricating itself with oil while in operation.

Adjective

self-oiling (not comparable)

  1. Automatically lubricating itself with oil while in operation.

Origin of self-oiling

From self- + oiling.

Questions about self-oiling

What does self-oiling mean?
Self-oiling means automatically lubricating itself with oil while in operation.
What part of speech is self-oiling?
Self-oiling is an adjective.

Words near self-oiling in the dictionary

  1. self-obsession
  2. self-offence
  3. self-offences
  4. self-officiated
  5. self-officiation
  6. self-oiling
  7. self-opening
  8. self-operating
  9. self-opinion
  10. self-opinionated
  11. self-opinionative

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