petroproduct
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A petroleum product; either crude oil or a derivative.
Example Sentences
- "The Chennai-Tiruchi-Madurai petroproducts pipeline, a project, which received the approval of the Indian Oil Corporation board recently, will be a crucial link in widening the reach of the products manufactured by the Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited."
- "If Expressjet found takers, the flight would get its passengers here in plenty of time for the Sunday evening screening of “Crude,” about the struggle between Ecuador’s indigenous people and the Chevron Corporation over toxic oil waste left behind by the makers of petroproducts like those that fly the planes, not to mention those fueling the limousines and rental cars that make the nearly 40-mile run to Park City from the Salt Lake airport."
Etymology
Etymology tree Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek πέτρᾱ (pétrā)bor. Latin petrader. English petro- Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin prōdūcō Latin prōductusder. Middle English product English product English petroproduct From petro- + product.