noun
1 used as fuel/to make machines work smoothly
ADJECTIVE
▪ heavy
▪ light
▪ crude
▪ refined
▪ offshore
▪ mineral
▪ engine , fuel , heating , lubricating , motor
▪ linseed
▪ paraffin (usually just paraffin ) ( BrE ) ( kerosene in AmE )
▪
Use a rag soaked in paraffin ~.
… OF OIL
▪ barrel
▪ film
▪
a rod coated with a film of ~
▪ drop
VERB + OIL
▪ extract , obtain , produce
▪ drill for
▪
The company is drilling for ~ in the North Sea.
▪ discover , find , strike
▪ pump
▪ export , import
▪ burn , use
▪ change , check (in a car, etc.)
▪ soak sth in
▪ smell of
▪
The place smelled of ~.
OIL + NOUN
▪ company , producer
▪ man (usually oilman )
▪ baron , magnate , sheikh
▪ industry , production
▪ drilling , exploration
▪ field , rig , well
▪ pipeline
▪ drum
▪ tanker
▪ refinery
▪ prices , revenue
▪ reserves , supplies
▪ slick , spill , spillage
▪
a seven-mile-long ~ slick off the Alaskan coast
2 used in cooking
ADJECTIVE
▪ cooking
▪ hydrogenated ( esp. AmE ), polyunsaturated
▪ rancid
▪ coconut , canola ( AmE ), corn , groundnut ( BrE ), olive , palm , peanut , rapeseed ( esp. BrE ), sesame , soya bean ( BrE ), soybean ( AmE ), sunflower , vegetable
▪
a bottle of extra virgin olive ~
▪ salad
VERB + OIL
▪ heat
▪ boil sb/sth in , cook sth in , fry sth in
▪ drizzle , pour
▪
Toast the bread, rub with garlic and drizzle over a little olive ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~
▪
Fry the potato in a little sunflower ~.
3 used as a cosmetic/fragrance/medicine
ADJECTIVE
▪ aromatic , fragrant , scented
▪ essential
▪
essential ~s extracted from flowers
▪ natural
▪ body , hair
▪ baby , bath
▪ aromatherapy , massage
▪ cod liver , fish , omega-3
▪
A daily dose of omega-3 fish ~ will help children to concentrate better.
▪ castor , evening primrose , flaxseed , lavender , tea tree , etc.
VERB + OIL
▪ massage , rub
▪
She rubbed a scented ~ into her hair.
▪ massage sth with , rub sth with
▪ anoint sb/sth with
▪
The sick were anointed with ~.
▪ extract
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ of
▪
~ of rosemary