oilbox

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noun

A container or reservoir for lubricating oil.

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Meanings

nounoilbox (plural oilboxes)

plural oilboxes

  1. A container or reservoir for lubricating oil.

    The coupled axleboxes are fed at the crown by feeds from the engine oil mechanical lubricator, and this eliminates the large multi-feed oilboxes previously fitted in the cab. […] Small auxiliary oilboxes with trimming feeds supply the axlebox guides and also the piston rod swab-boxes.

    1956 April, “"Merchant Navy" Class Pacific Modified”, in Railway Magazine, pages 211, 212

Origin

From oil + box.

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APA

oilbox. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oilbox

MLA

“oilbox.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oilbox. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oilbox,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oilbox.

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