Definition for Petroleum:

• A liquid mineral pitch of a dark yellowish- brown colour, so called from its oozing out of several strata like oil; known also as mineral oil.

Synonyms for Petroleum:

• n.

  •
  • diesel,
  • gasoline,
  • barrel,
  • gas,
  • high-octane,
  • black gold,
  • benzene,
  • gasohol.
  •black gold (noun)
  • black-gold,
  • texas teas.
  •coal oil (noun)
  • coal oil.
  •crude (noun)
  • crude.
  •crude oil (noun)
  • naphthene-base oil,
  • paraffin-base oil,
  • fossil oil,
  • crudes,
  • rock oil,
  • asphalt-base oil.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • fuel.

Paraphrases for Petroleum:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    oil.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    oil.

• Forward Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    petrol.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    fuel, petrol.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    Resources, Les.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Les, oil-.
  • Verb, past participle
    expected, produced, said.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    hydrocarbon, hydrocarbons.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    gasoline, hydrocarbon.

Petroleum Sentence Examples:

• Petroleum has belonged in this class until recently.

• End of powder and petroleum, and instead of beauty, burning!