gas oil

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   an oil formed through distillation of petroleum of intermediate boiling range and viscosity

   Broaderfuel oilhydrocarbon

Questions about gas oil

What does gas oil mean?

gas oil means "an oil formed through distillation of petroleum of intermediate boiling range and viscosity".

Is gas oil a common word?

gas oil is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.