oiler

oil·er

O0048600 (oi′lər)n.1. One that oils engines or machinery.2. Nautical a. An oil tanker.b. A ship that burns oil as fuel.3. See oilcan.4. See oil well.5. Informal An oilskin garment.

oiler

(ˈɔɪlə) n1. a person, device, etc, that lubricates or supplies oil2. (Nautical Terms) an oil tanker3. (Mining & Quarrying) an oil well

oil•er

(ˈɔɪ lər)

n. 1. a person or thing that oils. 2. a worker employed to oil machinery. 3. oilcan. 4. Often, oilers. an oilskin garment. 5. a ship that carries large oil cargoes. 6. oil well. [1545–55]

oiler

A naval or merchant tanker specially equipped and rigged for replenishing other ships at sea.

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Noun	1.	oiler - a worker who oils engines or machineryworker - a person who works at a specific occupation; "he is a good worker"
	2.	oiler - a well that yields or has yielded oiloil wellgusher - an oil well with a strong natural flow so that pumping is not necessaryspouter - an oil well that is spoutingstripper well, stripper - an oil well whose production has declined to less than ten barrels a daywell - a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brinewildcat, wildcat well - an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field
	3.	oiler - a cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulkoil tanker, tank ship, tankercargo ship, cargo vessel - a ship designed to carry cargosupertanker - the largest class of oil tankers

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