Meaning

1 senses
  1. A thin film of oil floating on the surface of water, especially one that has leaked or been discharged from a ship.

    Near-synonyms: oil spot, oilpatch

    Ölspur, Ölteppich

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

Examples

2 sentences
  1. That looks like an oil slick.

  2. Watch out for that oil slick.

Translations

4 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
thin film of oil floating on the surface of water:

Forms

plural: oil slicks
Singularoil slick
Pluraloil slicks

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
oil slick — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto