fuel oil

noun

: an oil that is used for fuel and that usually has a higher flash point than kerosene

Examples of fuel oil in a Sentence

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The Coast Guard said the Morning Midas is estimated to have approximately 350 metric tons of gas fuel and 1,530 metric tons of very low sulfur fuel oil onboard. Shane Croucher john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025 Traditional vessels burn heavy fuel oil, emit significant greenhouse gases, and rely on complex global supply chains. David Nikel, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025 The assistance goes directly to utilities to pay gas or electricity bills, or to a provider of fuel oil, propane or wood. Kirsti Marohn, Twin Cities, 4 Apr. 2025 On the morning of April 19, 1995, a forty-eight-hundred-pound ammonium nitrate–fuel oil bomb exploded in a Ryder truck parked at the north entrance of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 18 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fuel oil

Word History

First Known Use

1893, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of fuel oil was in 1893

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“Fuel oil.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fuel%20oil. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.

Kids Definition

fuel oil

noun
: an oil that is used for fuel and that usually ignites at a higher temperature than kerosene

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