oilcan

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noun

A container with a long spout, for holding oil and delivering it in drops or small quantities for lubrication.

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Meanings

nounoilcan (plural oilcans)

plural oilcans · alternative oil can

  1. A container with a long spout, for holding oil and delivering it in drops or small quantities for lubrication.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
oiler

Origin

From oil + can.

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Translations

Bulgarian масльонка
  • масльонка (masljonka)container
Catalan setrill greixador
  • setrill greixadorcontainer
Chinese Mandarin 油罐
  • 油罐 (yóuguàn)container
Czech olejnička
  • olejničkacontainer
Esperanto oleujo
  • oleujocontainer
Finnish voitelukannu
  • voitelukannucontainer
French burette, burette d'huile
  • burettecontainer
  • burette d'huilecontainer
German Ölkanne, Ölkännchen
  • Ölkannecontainer
  • Ölkännchencontainer
Irish canna ola
  • canna olacontainer
Japanese 油差し, 注油器
  • 油差し (aburasashi)container
  • 注油器 (chūyuki)container
Persian روغندان
  • روغندان (rowġan-dân)container
Polish oliwiarka, olejarka
  • oliwiarkacontainer
  • olejarkacontainer
Portuguese almotolia
  • almotoliacontainer
Russian маслёнка
  • маслёнка (masljónka)container
Spanish aceitera
  • aceiteracontainer
Swedish oljekanna, smörjkanna
  • oljekannacontainer
  • smörjkannacontainer
Turkish yağdanlık
  • yağdanlıkcontainer

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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