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OIL SLICK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does oil slick mean?
• OIL SLICK (noun)
The noun OIL SLICK has 1 sense:
1. a thin film of oil floating on top of water (especially crude oil spilled from a ship)
Familiarity information: OIL SLICK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A thin film of oil floating on top of water (especially crude oil spilled from a ship)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("oil slick" is a kind of...):
slick (a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water)
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