mineral oil

English

A bottle of mineral oil

Noun

mineral oil (countable and uncountable, plural mineral oils)

1. Any mixture of aliphatic and alicyclic hydrocarbons derived from petroleum used for very many applications, but not as a fuel.

Synonyms

• E905a when used as an anti-foaming agent
• petrolatum

Translations

mixture

• Catalan: oli mineral m
• Greek: ορυκτέλαιο (el) n (oryktélaio)
• Irish: ola mhianra f
• Japanese: 鉱物油 (ja) (こうぶつゆ, kōbutsuyu), 鉱油 (ja) (こうゆ, kōyu)
• Korean: 광물유(鑛物油) (ko) (gwangmuryu)
• Portuguese: óleo mineral m
• Romanian: ulei mineral (ro) n
• Swedish: mineralolja (sv) c
• Thai: น้ำมันแร่ (náam-man-rɛ̂ɛ)