petroleum

noun [U]

/pəˈtroʊ·li·əm/

Definition

› a dark, thick oil obtained from under the ground and made into fuels such as gas and heating oil, and used in making plastics

(Definition of petroleum noun from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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