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Film of fuel on sea
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oil slick
Word definitions for oil slick in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A thin film of oil floating on the surface of water, especially one that has leaked or been discharged from a ship etc
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
oil slick \oil" slick`\ n. A layer of oil floating on water; -- usually petroleum or fuel oil which has leaked from a ship.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Oil slick prompts no-fishing zone Fishermen have introduced a voluntary ban on fishing in the area surrounding the Shetland oil slick. ▪ Her coffee had an oil slick on top. ▪ The race ended in chaos when three riders drove into ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a thin film of oil floating on top of water (especially crude oil spilled from a ship)
Usage examples of oil slick.
The water boiled and hissed, geysers of steam and dirty smoke rose into air, and an enormous blue-green oil slick floated all the way to the western horizon.
The black surface of the coffee shimmered, as full of subtle sinister colors as an oil slick.
The next morning, in a misty sprinkle, a sturdy shrimp trawler out of Virginia Key came upon a fresh oil slick a few miles off Miami Beach.