petroleum
A flammable liquid ranging in color from clear to very dark brown and black, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons, occurring naturally in deposits under the Earth's surface.
Example
“petroleum-based products”
Synonyms
- crude oil
- crude
- rock oil
- fossil oil
- oil
A kind of
- oil
- fossil fuel
Kinds of petroleum
- residual oil
Related words
- antipetroleum
- biopetroleum
- nonpetroleum
- petronoia
- postpetroleum
- packaged petroleum product
- petrol
- petroleum coke
- Petroleum County
- petroleum ether
- petroleum jelly
- petroleum spirit
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “petroleum” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.