Meaning of petroleum | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A flammable liquid ranging in color from clear to very dark brown and black, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons, occurring naturally in deposits under the Earth's surface.
   countable, uncountable
2. A place in the United States:
3. An unincorporated community in Nottingham Township, Wells County, Indiana.
4. A flammable liquid ranging in color from clear to very dark brown and black, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons, occurring naturally in deposits under the Earth's surface
5. An unincorporated community in Allen County, Kentucky.
6. An unincorporated community in Ritchie County, West Virginia.

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Examples

“petroleum-based products”

“Coal and petroleum do not occur hap-hazard in nature, but the aggregate occurrence of each product in any region forms a definite, limited horizon, which, in its continuance, is independent of the bedding plane.”

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