| NOUN | person | oiler | a worker who oils engines or machinery |
|---|---|---|---|
| artifact | oiler, oil well | a well that yields or has yielded oil | |
| artifact | oiler, oil tanker, tanker, tank ship | a cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk |
| Sounds | oy'ler | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | alveolar ... Ziegler: 240 rhymes with ler... | |
| Meaning | A worker who oils engines or machinery. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | worker | A person who works at a specific occupation |
| Spanish | engrasador | |
| Nouns | oil | a slippery or viscous liquid / liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water |
| Verbs | oil | cover with oil, as if by rubbing |
| Meaning | A well that yields or has yielded oil. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | oil well | |
| Narrower | gusher | An oil well with a strong natural flow so that pumping / pumping is not necessary |
| spouter | An oil well that is spouting | |
| stripper well, stripper | An oil well whose production has declined to less than ten barrels a day | |
| wildcat well, wildcat | An exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field | |
| Broader | well | A deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine |
| Spanish | pozo de petróleo, pozo | |
| Catalan | pou petrolífer | |
| Nouns | oil | a slippery or viscous liquid / liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water |
| Meaning | A cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | oil tanker, tanker, tank ship | |
| Narrower | supertanker | The largest class of oil tankers |
| Broader | cargo ship, cargo vessel | A ship designed to carry cargo |
| Spanish | petrolero, tanquero | |
| Catalan | petrolier | |
| Nouns | oil | a slippery or viscous liquid / liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water |
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