oiler

oil·er  (oilr)

n.

1. One that oils engines or machinery.

2. Nautical

a. An oil tanker.

b. A ship that burns oil as fuel.

3. See oilcan.

4. See oil well.

5. Informal An oilskin garment.

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oiler [ˈɔɪlə]

n

1. a person, device, etc., that lubricates or supplies oil

2. (Transport / Nautical Terms) an oil tanker

3. (Mining & Quarrying) an oil well

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A naval or merchant tanker specially equipped and rigged for replenishing other ships at sea.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	oiler - a worker who oils engines or machinery worker - a person who works at a specific occupation; "he is a good worker"
	2.	oiler - a well that yields or has yielded oil oil well gusher - an oil well with a strong natural flow so that pumping is not necessary spouter - an oil well that is spouting stripper well, stripper - an oil well whose production has declined to less than ten barrels a day well - a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine wildcat, wildcat well - an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field
	3.	oiler - a cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk oil tanker, tank ship, tanker cargo ship, cargo vessel - a ship designed to carry cargo supertanker - the largest class of oil tankers

Translations

oiler [ˈɔɪləʳ] N

1. (= ship) → petrolero m; (= can) → lata f de aceite, lata f de lubricante; (= person) → engrasador/a m/f

2. oilers (US) (= clothes) → hule m