Definitions for petroleum

petroleum pe·tro·le·um

Spelling: [puh-troh-lee-uh m]
IPA: /pəˈtroʊ li əm/

Petroleum is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 385 anagrams from letters in petroleum (eelmoprtu).

Definitions for petroleum

noun

  1. an oily, thick, flammable, usually dark-colored liquid that is a form of bitumen or a mixture of various hydrocarbons, occurring naturally in various parts of the world and commonly obtained by drilling: used in a natural or refined state as fuel, or separated by distillation into gasoline, naphtha, benzene, kerosene, paraffin, etc.

Origin of petroleum

1520-30; Medieval Latin: literally, rock oil, equivalent to Latin petr(a) rock (Greek pétra) + oleum oil

Examples for petroleum

The petroleum industry has depicted fracking as a few antiseptic drills dug on peaceful farmland.

If a woman wants to be a teacher rather than a miner, or a veterinarian rather than a petroleum engineer, more power to her.

By contrast, petroleum engineering and metallurgy degrees promise median earnings of $120,000 and $80,000.

This petroleum also contains asphalt and other chemical products.

It has a grade of petroleum that differs from any other thus far found in the world.

petroleum is a mixture of various compounds known as hydrocarbons.

Kerosene oil is only one of the many substances found in petroleum.

Michael keeps his cool until he sees piles of petroleum Coke on the banks of the Athabasca.

It also chanced that this whole country abounded in signs of petroleum.

petroleum from up here is often called the dirtiest oil in the world.

Word Value for petroleum
Scrable

13

Words with friends

17

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