Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rock oil

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.76 in modern English

Syllables: rock- oil
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Naphtha (liquid petroleum).

Countable; Dated; Uncountable

noun

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Etymology

From rock + oil, a literal rendering of Latin petroleum (literally “rock oil”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

rock oils (plural) rock-oil (alternative)

Synonyms

petroleum crude oil crude fossil oil oil

Questions

What does rock oil mean?: Naphtha (liquid petroleum).
Where does rock oil come from?: From rock + oil, a literal rendering of Latin petroleum (literally “rock oil”).

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