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oil slick Definition

☆ oil slick

noun

a layer of oil, esp. one floating on water and forming a smooth area

oil slick Usage Examples

Converse of object

cause: The victors also had to pay for the clearing of vast oil slicks caused by the conflict.

Adjective modifier

  • big: Who said that water Is a precious commodity Then dropped a big old black oil slick In the deep blue sea?
  • massive: Friends of the Earth's pollution campaigner Matt Phillips said: Once again a European coast is under threat from a massive oil slick.

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