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Word entry · 3 letters

oil

Best crossword clue

"Cooking or engine liquid"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /ɔɪl/Part of speech verb, nounSorted iloStarts with OEnds with L12 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Slick liquid from plants, animals, or the ground

Word origin

From Middle English oyle, oile (“olive oil”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman olie, from Latin oleum (“oil, olive oil”), from Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion, “olive oil”), from ἐλαία (elaía, “olive”). Compare Proto-Slavic *lojь. More at olive. Doublet of oleum. Supplanted Middle English ele (“oil”), from Old English ele (“oil”), also from Latin.

Used in a sentence

  • Oil is found in countries such as Saudi Arabia and is transported all over the world.
  • Yet, in another way, I was unable to put Picasso's oils in the same class as Cezanne's, or even (which will no doubt shock many readers) as Renoir's.
  • I prefer to paint in oil

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer12 curated clues

01Cooking or engine liquid3 letters
02Cooking slick3 letters
03Engine fluid3 letters
04Engine lubricant3 letters
05Frying liquid3 letters
06Kitchen liquid for frying3 letters
07Lamp fuel, sometimes3 letters
08Lubricant in an engine3 letters

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