Oil used for lubricating an engine or component.
the smell of motor oil and diesel fuel filled the air
Example sentencesExamples
- This is the world's leading synthetic motor oil.
- The oil change intervals are also rather long at 600 hours with conventional motor oils.
- We're working on a project to determine the true costs and values of using recycled motor oil.
- It was like drinking dirty motor oil.
- The grounds staff do the same with all their waste motor oils.
- After changing antifreeze and motor oil, take them to your local garage for recycling.
- The embassy confirmed that "several aircraft motor oil samples" were confiscated by Colombian police.
- The plastics are sold to plastic manufacturers as resin for use as motor oil containers or detergent bottles.
- Used motor oil should be placed in sealed containers, and used vehicle batteries carefully disposed of.
- It used to be that you had to switch to a thinner motor oil in the winter.
- Experimental technology includes the use of a biofuel boiler that burns discarded cooking oil and used motor oil from the store's auto center.
- The former category includes agricultural runoff and motor oil leakages.
- After a rainstorm, a thin film of motor oil covering a rain puddle has a rainbow-colored sheen.