Meanings
nounlubricant (plural lubricants)
plural lubricants
- A substance used to reduce friction between objects or surfaces.
She'd come back from the hangar with Clint and some shop towels for Bendix's wound.
2013, John Sandrolini, One for Our Baby2 more examples
Before you apply the lubricant, be sure the chain gets a good cleaning with a stiff bristle brush and a good rub down in clean rags or shop towels.
2008 May 28, Walneck's Classic Cycle Trader, page 101Food-grade lubricants are made for meat and poultry and other food-processing equipment. These lubricants are generally registered with the National Sanitary Foundation (NSF).
2011, Sibtain Hamid, “Food-grade hydraulic fluids”, in George Totten, editor, Handbook of Hydraulic Fluid Technology, 2nd edition, page 915
Synonyms & antonyms
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nouna substance capable of reducing friction by making surfaces smooth or slippery
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Translations
Arabic مِزْلَق
- مِزْلَق (mizlaq)substance used to reduce friction
Basque labaingarri
- labaingarrisubstance used to reduce friction
Bulgarian сма́зка
- сма́зка (smázka)substance used to reduce friction
Chinese Mandarin 潤滑劑 /润滑剂, 潤滑油 /润滑油
- 潤滑劑 /润滑剂 (rùnhuájì)substance used to reduce friction
- 潤滑油 /润滑油 (rùnhuáyóu)substance used to reduce friction
Czech mazivo, mazadlo
- mazivosubstance used to reduce friction
- mazadlosubstance used to reduce friction
- lubrikantsubstance used to reduce friction
Danish smøremiddel
- smøremiddelsubstance used to reduce friction
Dutch gel, glijmiddel
- gelsubstance used to reduce friction
- glijmiddelsubstance used to reduce friction
Esperanto lubrikaĵo
- lubrikaĵosubstance used to reduce friction
Estonian määrdeaine
- määrdeainesubstance used to reduce friction
Finnish voiteluaine, liukastin
- voiteluainesubstance used to reduce friction
- liukastinsubstance used to reduce friction
- liukastesubstance used to reduce friction
- liukastusainesubstance used to reduce friction
- liukuvoidesubstance used to reduce friction
- liukkarisubstance used to reduce friction
French lubrifiant
- lubrifiantsubstance used to reduce friction
German Schmierstoff, Schmiermittel
- Schmierstoffsubstance used to reduce friction
- Schmiermittelsubstance used to reduce friction
- Schmieresubstance used to reduce friction
- Gleitmittelsubstance used to reduce friction
Greek λιπαντικό
- λιπαντικό (lipantikó)substance used to reduce friction
Hebrew סִיכָה, מִשְׁחָה
- סִיכָה (sichá)substance used to reduce friction
- מִשְׁחָה (mishẖá)substance used to reduce friction
Hindi स्नेहक
- स्नेहक (snehak)substance used to reduce friction
Hungarian kenőolaj
- kenőolajsubstance used to reduce friction
Icelandic sleipiefni
- sleipiefnisubstance used to reduce friction
Indonesian pelumas
- pelumassubstance used to reduce friction
Irish bealadh
- bealadhsubstance used to reduce friction
Italian lubrificante
- lubrificantesubstance used to reduce friction
Japanese 潤滑剤, 潤滑油
- 潤滑剤 (junkatsuzai)substance used to reduce friction
- 潤滑油 (junkatsuyu)substance used to reduce friction
Korean 윤활제, 윤활유
- 윤활제 (yunhwalje)substance used to reduce friction
- 윤활유 (yunhwaryu)substance used to reduce friction
Latvian smērviela
- smērvielasubstance used to reduce friction
Lithuanian tepalas
- tepalassubstance used to reduce friction
Malay pelincir
- pelincirsubstance used to reduce friction
Norwegian Bokmål smøremiddel
- smøremiddelsubstance used to reduce friction
Persian روانساز
- روانساز (ravân-sâz)substance used to reduce friction
Polish smar
- smarsubstance used to reduce friction
Portuguese lubrificante
- lubrificantesubstance used to reduce friction
Romanian lubrifiant
- lubrifiantsubstance used to reduce friction
Russian сма́зка, сма́зочный материа́л
- сма́зка (smázka)substance used to reduce friction
- сма́зочный материа́л (smázočnyj materiál)substance used to reduce friction
Slovak mastivo, mazadlo
- mastivosubstance used to reduce friction
- mazadlosubstance used to reduce friction
- lubrikantsubstance used to reduce friction
Spanish lubrificante, lubricante
- lubrificantesubstance used to reduce friction
- lubricantesubstance used to reduce friction
Swedish glidmedel, smörjmedel
- glidmedelsubstance used to reduce friction
- smörjmedelsubstance used to reduce friction
- glidsubstance used to reduce friction
Tagalog pampadulas, padanlog
- pampadulassubstance used to reduce friction
- padanlogsubstance used to reduce friction
Thai สารหล่อลื่น
- สารหล่อลื่น (sǎan-lɔ̀ɔ-lʉ̂ʉn)substance used to reduce friction
Turkish kayganlaştırıcı
- kayganlaştırıcısubstance used to reduce friction
Ukrainian масти́ло, масти́льний матеріа́л
- масти́ло (mastýlo)substance used to reduce friction
- масти́льний матеріа́л (mastýlʹnyj materiál)substance used to reduce friction
Vietnamese dầu nhờn
- dầu nhờnsubstance used to reduce friction
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lubricant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lubricant
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“lubricant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lubricant. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
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