oil drum

collocation in English

meaningsofoilanddrum

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oil
noun
uk
/ɔɪl/us
/ɔɪl/
petroleum (= the black oil obtained from under the earth's surface from which ...
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drum
noun[C]
uk
/drʌm/us
/drʌm/
a musical instrument, especially one made from a skin stretched over the end of a hollow tube or bowl, played by hitting with the hand or ...
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(Definition ofoilanddrumfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Food was usually prepared on a wood-fired range although one family used a gas cooker and another a convertedoildrum.
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In storms a month or so ago the paintedoildrumcame adrift.
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Some individuals have been daubed with axle grease and stuffed into a tank oroildrumand then set to fire.
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One of his favorite methods of disposing of a body was to place it in a 55-gallonoildrum.
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It may have almost all of the skirt (the cylindrical part of theoildrum) cut off and around 30 soprano-range notes.
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A single core no larger than anoildrumserved as the heart of the nuclear reactor.
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The hero must also avoid fireballs which generate when barrels run into theoildrumat the bottom of the site.
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The most ingenious of these was a concrete-linedoildrumbolted to the deck.
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His head is the only thing ever seen, the rest of him supposedly hiding in anoildrum.
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Another method involved sinking a water-filledoildruminto the floor of the trench, with lookout soldiers taking turns to lower an ear into the water to listen for vibrations.
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We did this with a fifty gallonoildrumand during wet weather it was part of the routine to check if the drum was filling.
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Presumably they must sit on oil drums in the garage and do nothing.
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In fact, there is close competition between the oil drums and the passengers on the deck.
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Most of the game's areas contain unnecessary objects to destroy for bonus points, such as oil drums and houses.
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Heads of corn are cut up and boiled into a mash which is then fermented and distilled using improvised stills made from cut-down oil drums.
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Since their creation, they have broken about 16000 oil drums and 110000 sticks!
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The explosion touched off a fire in the oil drums stored there.
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Heads of corn are cut up and boiled into a mash, which is then fermented and distilled using improvised stills made from cut oil drums.
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Suspects were clubbed to a point of semi-consciousness before being dumped in gasoline-filled, used oil drums and burnt alive.
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When she surfaced, she sighted over 1000 empty 50gal l oil drums, but no ships.
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