lubricating oil
English
Noun
lubricating oil (plural lubricating oils)
- An oil for lubrication of engines and other components.
- 1960 June, “Talking of Trains: New B.R. research laboratory”, in Trains Illustrated, page 329:
- Diesel maintenance schedules are benefiting from work done on the magnificent Hilger & Watts electronic spectrograph for oil analysis, which detects minute quantities of metals in samples of used lubricating oil; [...].
Related terms
- engine oil
- lubricant
- motor oil
References
- “lubricating oil” in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press.