Meaning

1 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)Unrefined oil; as it is found underground, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons.

    Rohöl, Erdöl

    сырая нефтьsyraja neftʹ, неочищенная нефтьneočiščennaja neftʹ

    сира нафтаsyra nafta, неочищена нафтаneočyščena nafta

    a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons

Examples

20 sentences
  1. Crude oil has been falling in price.

    deDer Rohölpreis ist gefallen. — christian42

  2. Recently, the price of crude oil has soared, and the cost of gasoline is going up.

  3. Recently, the price of crude oil has shot up, and the cost of gasoline is going up.

  4. Recently, the price of crude oil has been skyrocketing, and the cost of gasoline is going up.

  5. Japan imports great quantities of crude oil.

    Японія імпортує великі обсяги нафти. — brambury

    ruЯпония импортирует большие объёмы нефти. — shanghainese

    deJapan importiert große Mengen Rohöl. — sigfrido

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
unrefined oil:
Русский
By meaning 1
unrefined oil:
Deutsch
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unrefined oil:

Forms

plural: crude oils
Singularcrude oil

uncountable

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedsyncrude

See also

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