oiler

A noun with multiple meanings: a worker who lubricates engines or machinery; an oil-producing well; or a cargo ship designed for transporting crude oil in bulk.

• 🇫🇷Nom avec plusieurs sens : ouvrier qui graisse les moteurs ou les mécanismes ; puits de pétrole ; ou navire de charge conçu pour transporter du pétrole brut en vrac.

1. Worker who oils machinery B2 formal

   A person whose job is to lubricate engines or mechanical parts.

   • The oiler inspected the engine and added lubricant.
   • He worked as an oiler on the factory floor.
   • The ship's oiler maintained the steam engines.

   🇫🇷Graisseur

   Synonymes: greaserlubricator

2. Oil-producing well C1 formal

   A well that produces or has produced crude oil.

   • The company drilled a new oiler in the desert.
   • This oiler has been active for over twenty years.
   • They capped the old oiler after it stopped yielding.

   🇫🇷Puits producteur de pétrole

   Synonymes: oil well

3. Oil tanker ship C1 formal

   A cargo vessel designed to transport crude oil in large quantities.

   • The oiler docked at the refinery to unload its cargo.
   • A massive oiler crossed the Atlantic last week.
   • The crew prepared the oiler for its next voyage.

   🇫🇷Pétrolier (navire)

   Synonymes: oil tankertanker

• oilers plural form
• oilers' possessive plural form
• oiler's possessive singular form