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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A layer of oil floating on the surface of water.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A layer of oil floating on water; -- usually petroleum or fuel oil which has leaked from a ship.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a thin film of oil floating on top of water (especially crude oil spilled from a ship)
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