Meanings
adjectiveoil-fired (not comparable)
- not comparableOf a boiler or heating system: burning oil as a fuel to provide heat.
1 more example
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.
1960 April, G. F. Fiennes, “Unpunctuality - the cause and the cure”, in Trains Illustrated, page 244
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Danish oliefyret
- oliefyretburning oil as a fuel
German ölgefeuert
- ölgefeuertburning oil as a fuel
Irish ola-adhainte
- ola-adhainteburning oil as a fuel
Norwegian Bokmål oljefyrt
- oljefyrtburning oil as a fuel
Swedish oljeeldad
- oljeeldadburning oil as a fuel
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APA
oil-fired. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oil-fired
MLA
“oil-fired.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oil-fired. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oil-fired,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oil-fired.
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