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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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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of oil slick1
First recorded in 1885–90
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A boom helps contain the worst of the oil slick, which has stained 30 miles of coastline.
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Wandering the beach at sunrise, they discover an oil slick studded with penguin carcasses.
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The coast guard has detected an oil slick stretching to about four kilometres, describing it as "enormous".
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The team say the “oil slick†look was inspired by a fusion of the colours associated with the Florida city.
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The Rubymar was an “environmental disaster†even before sinking because the attack created an 18-mile oil slick, Central Command warned last month.
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