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View synonyms for lubricant

lubricant

[ loo-bri-kuhnt ]

noun

  1. a substance, as oil or grease, for lessening friction, especially in the working parts of a mechanism.


adjective

  1. capable of lubricating; used to lubricate.

lubricant

/ ˈluːbrɪkənt /

noun

  1. a lubricating substance, such as oil


adjective

  1. serving to lubricate

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Other Words From

  • non·lubri·cant noun
  • un·lubri·cant adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of lubricant1

1815–25; < Latin lūbricant- (stem of lūbricāns ), present participle of lūbricāre to make slippery. See lubric, -ant

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Word History and Origins

Origin of lubricant1

C19: from Latin lūbricāns, present participle of lūbricāre. See lubricate

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Example Sentences

Not hard to imagine what drives this number – money, the ever swelling lubricant of elective office.

A tube of lubricant also flew into the stalls as a duvet was swiftly scooped up.

Credit is the lubricant that moves the machinery of global commerce.

And researchers in Australia are currently working on a study of lubricant use among breast-cancer survivors.

Language like that is a lubricant to the calamity all around us.

The tube should be dipped in warm water just before using: the use of glycerin or other lubricant is undesirable.

The most common solid employed as a lubricant is graphite, sometimes termed “plumbago” or “black lead.”

The cylinder walls are oiled by the spray of lubricant thrown off the revolving crank-shaft by centrifugal force.

Thus it is actually upon a film of lubricant that a shaft rests, rather than upon the bearing,113 or "box," in which it turns.

Mr. Shenstone recommends a lubricant composed of camphor dissolved in turpentine for general purposes.

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