OIL INDUSTRY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An industry that produces and delivers oil and oil products

Synonyms:

oil business; oil industry; refining industry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("oil industry" is a kind of...):

industry (the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise)

Meronyms (members of "oil industry"):

oil company (a company that sells oil)

pipeline company (a company that operates oil pipelines for the oil industry)