oil slick
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Noun (1)
- a thin film of oil floating on top of water (especially crude oil spilled from a ship)Type of slick
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
oil′ slick′ noun
A layer of oil floating on water; — usually petroleum or fuel oil which has leaked from a ship.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: GCIDE editors