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name
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Nottingham Township, Wells County, Indiana.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Allen County, Kentucky.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Ritchie County, West Virginia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: Rogers
Antonyms: none provided
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: crude oil, oil
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: crude oil, crude, rock oil, fossil oil, oil
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fossil fuel, oil
Narrower terms: residual oil, resid
History
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin petroleum. Doublet of petrol.
