petroleum (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *petroleum*:
NOUN	substance	petroleum, crude oil, crude, rock oil, fossil oil, oil	a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons

petroleum > pronunciation
Sounds	pahtrow'liyahm
Rhymes	abolitionism ... zirconium: 557 rhymes with ahm...

English > *petroleum*: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
Meaning	A dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons.
Synonyms	crude oil, crude, rock oil, fossil oil, oil
Narrower	residual oil, resid	oil products that remain after petroleum has been distilled
Broader	fossil fuel	fuel consisting of the remains of organisms preserved in rocks in the earth's crust with high carbon and hydrogen content
Broader	oil	A slippery or viscous liquid / liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water
Substances	carbon, C, atomic number 6	An abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms
Spanish	crudo, keroseno, petróleo
Catalan	benzina, cru, petroli

HyperDic: petroleum