Petroleum
11Petroleum — Petroleum, lat., Erdöl …
12Petroleum — Petroleum,das:Petrol(schweiz);auch⇨Erdöl …
13petroleum — [n] oil crude oil, fossil fuel, fuel, gas, gasoline, kerosene, naphtha, natural gas, petrol; concepts 467,520,523,661 …
14petroleum — ► NOUN ▪ a hydrocarbon oil found in rock strata and extracted and refined to produce fuels including petrol, paraffin, and diesel oil; oil. ORIGIN Latin, from petra rock + oleum oil …
15petroleum — [pə trō′lē əm] n. [ML < L petra, rock (< Gr) + oleum,OIL] an oily, flammable, liquid solution of hydrocarbons, yellowish green to black in color, occurring naturally in the rock strata of certain geological formations: when fractionally… …
16Petroleum — For other uses, see Petroleum (disambiguation). Proven world oil reserves, 2009 …
17petroleum — petroleous, adj. /peuh troh lee euhm/, n. an oily, thick, flammable, usually dark colored liquid that is a form of bitumen or a mixture of various hydrocarbons, occurring naturally in various parts of the world and commonly obtained by drilling:… …
18Petroleum — Öl; Rohöl; Mineralöl; Schwarzes Gold (umgangssprachlich); Erdöl * * * Pe|tro|le|um [pe tro:leʊm], das; s: aus Erdöl gewonnene, farblose Flüssigkeit, die als Brennstoff und als chemischer Rohstoff verwendet wird: Petroleum in die Lampe gießen. * * …
19petroleum — n. a hydrocarbon oil found in the upper strata of the earth, refined for use as a fuel for heating and in internal combustion engines, for lighting, dry cleaning, etc. Phrases and idioms: petroleum ether a volatile liquid distilled from petroleum …
20petroleum — pe|tro|le|um [pıˈtrəuliəm US ˈtrou ] n [U] [Date: 1500 1600; : Medieval Latin; Origin: petroleum, from Latin petr (from Greek petra rock ) + oleum ( OIL1)] oil that is obtained from below the surface of the Earth and is used to make petrol,… …
