Crossword clues for oil slick
oil slick
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
oil slick
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 an oil slick and skidded off.
▪ Their task will be to help otters and seals which have been contaminated by the seven mile long oil slick.
▪ This problem to some extent overshadowed the oil slick as an environmental issue.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
oil slick
oil slick \oil" slick`\ n. A layer of oil floating on water; -- usually petroleum or fuel oil which has leaked from a ship.
Wiktionary
oil slick
n. A thin film of oil floating on the surface of water, especially one that has leaked or been discharged from a ship etc
WordNet
oil slick
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.