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oil pan
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
oil pan
(noun)
oil pan
noun
plural
oil pans
oil pan
noun
plural
oil pans
Britannica Dictionary definition of OIL PAN
[
count
]
chiefly US
:
the lower part of an engine that holds the oil
—
called also
(British)
sump
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