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bunker fuel en · NOUN
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) A type of extremely viscous, heavy fuel oil primarily used by large oceangoing ships.
The A. S. T. M. centrifuge test of crude petroleum, commonly used in commercial examinations, was found satisfactory for light oils have a Saybolt Furol viscosity of 200 seconds or less, such as bunker fuel oils “B”.
1923 January 14, “Accurately Measuring Fuel Oil Sediment”, in Fuel Oil for Heat and Power, volume 1, page 31:
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Hypernyms
fuel · oil · fuel oil
Relateds
bunker barge
Synonyms
bunker oil · bunker
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