Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: oil
IPA transcription: ['ɔɪl]
Pronunciations of oil
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: oil
    Meaning: a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water
  • Synonyms: oil, oil_color, oil_colour
    Meaning: oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: oil
    Meaning: cover with oil, as if by rubbing; "oil the wooden surface"
Usage examples
  • Oil should not be given.
  • The whole town was full of oil.
  • Did you ever hear of Warner Oil?"
  • Like pouring oil on troubled waters
  • There's blood in a body, but no oil."
  • "A drop of oil from a live man's body."
  • OIL. See John D. Rockerfeller--if you can.
  • Cheese, like oil, makes too much of itself.
  • Katherine poured oil on the troubled waters.
  • "Don't drop that oil upon the blankets, now."
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Siege of Tyre (332 BC), License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording History of the Middle East, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording History of the world, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Down to a Sunless Sea, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording 1973 world oil market chronology, License CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Doolittle Raid, License CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Attack on Pearl Harbor, License CC BY-SA 4.0
7. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Chicago, License CC BY-SA 4.0
8. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording History of Saudi Arabia, License CC BY-SA 4.0
9. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Shoe polish, License CC BY-SA 4.0