Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Unrefined petroleum.
Wiktionary
- n. Unrefined oil; as it is found underground, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
WordNet 3.0
- n. a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
Examples
“Revenues were to be raised to Z674 million in 1977 through new taxes and increased exports of coffee and crude oil at Z0.65/kg and Z4/barrel, respectively.”
Simon & Schuster: Strategic Management in Developing Countries Case Studies
“Right in front of it, however, separating the great bronze head from the low-ceilinged entry hall, was a moat of perfectly calm crude oil that completely surrounded the Colossus’s head.”
“The Reuters poll found that crude oil inventories rose one-million barrels for their second consecutive week of gains.”
“The 1,300-mile Keystone pipeline, which transports crude oil from Alberta to Cushing, Okla., had been shut after leaking 10 barrels of oil in Kansas on May 29.”
The Wall Street Journal: TransCanada Restarts Keystone Pipeline
“We [had] presented a business plan [in February], of course assuming crude oil at $90 a barrel," Vijay Mallya told television channel ET Now.”
The Wall Street Journal: Kingfisher Air Prepares Fresh Plan for Share Sale
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘crude oil’.
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ENVI - Collocations ABC
An extract from the "Zold Tolmacs" project, a HU-EN environmental dictionary compiled by Robert Gulyas in 2000.
AA battery, aa lava, aapa mire, abandon the project, abandon the sewer..., abandoned car, abandoned dyke, abandoned farm, abandoned field, abandoned industr..., abandoned industr..., abandoned land and 5386 more...
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Hydrocarbon Energy Exploration/Extrac...
A list of terms encountered in the jargon of hydrocarbon exploration, mapping, and extraction.
hydrofracking, hydraulic fracturing, drilling, borehole, rig, formation, shale, coal, marl, seismic, horizontal drilling, unconventional ga... and 77 more...
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Oily
Words and phrases that have "oil" in them.
oil, oily, olive oil, crude oil, toil, boil, trefoil, foil, roil, broil, coil, soil and 70 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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