olje I homograph 1

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

1. flytende stoff dannet av døde planter og dyr og vunnet ut fra dypere jordlag, brukt for eksempel til brensel og drivstoff;
   jamfør petroleum (1)petroleum a liquid substance formed from dead plants and animals and extracted from deeper layers of the earth, used for instance for heating and as fuel;
   compare petroleum (1)petroleum
   • bore etter olje to drill for oil
   • vi må skifte olje på bilen we need to change the oil in the car
   as a suffix in words such as:som etterledd i ord som mineraloljemineral oil, lubricating oil · crude oil, råoljecrude oil, petroleum
2. flytende fettstoff som utvinnes av planter eller dyr og brukes til for eksempel føde eller legemiddel a liquid fat extracted from plants or animals and used for instance as food or as medicine
   • animalsk olje animal oil
   • vegetabilske oljer vegetable oils
   • stek grønnsakene i olje fry the vegetables in oil
   as a suffix in words such as:som etterledd i ord som lakseroljelaxative oil, purgative oil, olivenoljeolive oil, sildoljeherring oil, fish oil
3. oljefargeoil paint, oil colour oil paintoljefarge
   • bildet er malt i olje the picture is painted in oils
4. oljevirksomhetoil activity, the oil industry, petroleum operations the oil industryoljevirksomhet
   • de har investert i olje they have invested in oil
   • han jobber i oljen he works in the oil business

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