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Meaning of oil-fired | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

Of a boiler or heating system: burning oil as a fuel to provide heat.

not-comparable

Equivalents

Deutsch ölgefeuert
Gaeilge ola-adhainte

Examples

“In winter steam contributes a fairly high proportion of its tractive effort, say⟳ 15 per cent, to heating the train⟳. Diesels have⟳ at the moment separate⟳ oil-fired boilers which are somewhat chancy affairs, and only electric locomotives grab⟳ unlimited power for heating which does not affect⟳ their punctuality.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

oil-lit oil-rich oilable oilclothed oiled oiled up

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