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Oil Slick

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

a thin film of oil floating on top of water (especially crude oil spilled from a ship)

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Classifications

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Oil Slicks
possessive
Oil Slick's
pluralpossessive
Oil Slicks'