bunker fuel

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bunker fuel

noun bunker fuels

  1. uncountable, usually A type of extremely viscous, heavy fuel oil primarily used by large oceangoing ships. The A. S. T. M. centrifuge test of crude petroleum, commonly used in commercial examinations, was found satisfactory for light oils have a Saybolt Furol viscosity of 200 seconds or less, such as bunker fuel oils “B”.

    Similar: bunker oil, bunker

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@misc{bunker_fuel_2026,
  title = {bunker fuel},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bunker%20fuel},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}