Crude (Noun)
Meaning
A dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons.
Classification
Nouns denoting substances.
Examples
- The refinery processed large quantities of crude every day to produce gasoline and other petroleum products.
- The company's tanker ships transported millions of barrels of crude across the globe.
- After extracting the crude from the ground, the drillers sent it to the refinery for processing.
- The geologist studied the properties of the crude to determine its potential uses.
- The spill released thousands of gallons of crude into the ocean, threatening marine life.