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oil slick
noun
- a smooth area on the surface of water caused by the presence of oil.
oil slick
noun
- a mass of floating oil covering an area of water, esp oil that has leaked or been discharged from a ship
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Origin of oil slick1
Example Sentences
Wandering the beach at sunrise, they discover an oil slick studded with penguin carcasses.
The coast guard has detected an oil slick stretching to about four kilometres, describing it as "enormous".
The team say the “oil slick†look was inspired by a fusion of the colours associated with the Florida city.
The Rubymar was an “environmental disaster†even before sinking because the attack created an 18-mile oil slick, Central Command warned last month.
Even before plunging to the ocean’s depths, the vessel had been leaking heavy fuel that triggered an 18-mile oil slick through the waterway, which is critical for cargo and energy shipments heading to Europe.
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