a vat containing oil.

Some kind of vessel for oil.

(a) a can for holding oil; esp. one with a long narrow spout for oiling machinery; (b) Military slang a German trench mortar shell of the First…

a butt or barrel containing oil; (figurative) a whale containing much oil.

A receptacle containing oil, esp. for cooling, heating, lubricating, or insulating apparatus immersed in it.

a cup-shaped reservoir which provides a supply of lubricating oil, usually automatically.

a container with a spout, used in varnish-making to carry hot oil.

a cylindrical (usually metal) container for transporting oil.