oilcan

English

several oilcans

Alternative forms

• oil can

Etymology

From oil +‎ can.

Noun

oilcan (plural oilcans)

1. A container with a long spout, for holding oil and delivering it in drops or small quantities for lubrication.

Related terms

• oil-canning

Translations

container

• Bulgarian: масльонка f (masljonka)
• Catalan: setrill greixador
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 油罐 (zh) (yóuguàn)

• Esperanto: oleujo
• Finnish: voitelukannu
• French: burette (fr) f, burette d’huile f
• German: Ölkanne (de) f, Ölkännchen n
• Irish: canna ola m
• Japanese: 油差し (あぶらさし, aburasashi), 注油器 (ちゅうゆき, chūyuki)
• Persian: روغندان (rowğan-dân)
• Portuguese: almotolia (pt) f
• Russian: маслёнка (ru) f (masljónka)
• Spanish: aceitera (es) f
• Swedish: oljekanna c, smörjkanna (sv) c
• Turkish: yağdanlık (tr)

Anagrams

• Licona, Nicola, alnico