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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Oil which is used as fuel either in an internal-combustion engine or in a furnace.

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Examples

  • The winter that we took office was extremely cold, with fuel-oil shortages in the Northeast, but Carter was looking beyond the present moment and conceiving long-term strategies.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • The winter that we took office was extremely cold, with fuel-oil shortages in the Northeast, but Carter was looking beyond the present moment and conceiving long-term strategies.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • The winter that we took office was extremely cold, with fuel-oil shortages in the Northeast, but Carter was looking beyond the present moment and conceiving long-term strategies.

    The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010

  • Traders said that while Japan's fuel-oil use for power generation will likely surge in the near future, environmental regulations allow the burning only of low-sulfur fuel oil, with just 0.2%-0.3% sulfur content.

    More Oil Heads to Japan Jerry A. DiColo 2011

  • Late Friday, the Asian fuel-oil market reflected an anticipated demand increase, which could further tighten availability.

    Japan Will Need to Boost Energy Imports Simon Hall 2011

  • The captain of a container ship wedged on a reef off New Zealand has appeared in court over its grounding as more thick fuel-oil fouls beaches in the country's worst environmental disaster in decades.

    New Zealand oil spill ship captain charged 2011

  • In July 2007, Tepco, as Tokyo Electric Power, is known, sharply increased its fuel-oil and LNG imports after closing seven reactors at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in northwest Japan following an earthquake.

    Fuel Prices Expected to Jump Simon Hall 2011

  • Regional fuel-oil fundamentals are already tight as the heavy refinery maintenance season in Asia and the Middle East has cut supplies.

    Japan Will Need to Boost Energy Imports Simon Hall 2011

  • Japan currently isn't a big fuel-oil buyer, but it may now need to ramp up fuel-oil imports or buy more crude oil to process into fuel oil.

    Fuel Prices Expected to Jump Simon Hall 2011

  • The country is likely to need to tap the liquefied-natural-gas and fuel-oil markets most heavily.

    Fuel Prices Expected to Jump Simon Hall 2011

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