oil-fired in English

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      "expansion": "oil-fired (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
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  "pos": "adj",
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        {
          "ref": "1960 April, G. F. Fiennes, “Unpunctuality - the cause and the cure”, in Trains Illustrated, page 244",
          "text": "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.",
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        "Of a boiler or heating system: burning oil as a fuel to provide heat."
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        {
          "word": "coal-fired"
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        {
          "word": "oil-burning"
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        {
          "word": "oil firing"
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        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "burning oil as a fuel",
          "word": "oliefyret"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "burning oil as a fuel",
          "word": "ölgefeuert"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "burning oil as a fuel",
          "word": "ola-adhainte"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "burning oil as a fuel",
          "word": "oljefyrt"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "burning oil as a fuel",
          "word": "oljefyrt"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "burning oil as a fuel",
          "word": "oljeeldad"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "oil-fired"
}

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      "expansion": "oil-fired (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "coal-fired"
    },
    {
      "word": "oil-burning"
    },
    {
      "word": "oil firing"
    }
  ],
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        {
          "ref": "1960 April, G. F. Fiennes, “Unpunctuality - the cause and the cure”, in Trains Illustrated, page 244",
          "text": "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.",
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        "Of a boiler or heating system: burning oil as a fuel to provide heat."
      ],
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          "fuel"
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          "heat",
          "heat"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "burning oil as a fuel",
      "word": "oliefyret"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "burning oil as a fuel",
      "word": "ölgefeuert"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "burning oil as a fuel",
      "word": "ola-adhainte"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "burning oil as a fuel",
      "word": "oljefyrt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "burning oil as a fuel",
      "word": "oljefyrt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "burning oil as a fuel",
      "word": "oljeeldad"
    }
  ],
  "word": "oil-fired"
}

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"oil-fired" meaning in English

Adjective