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containment boom

containment boom noun: a temporary floating barrier used to contain an oil spill.

Noun

containment boom (plural containment booms)

  1. A temporary floating barrier used to contain an oil spill.

Forms of containment boom

pluralcontainment booms

Questions about containment boom

What does containment boom mean?
Containment boom means a temporary floating barrier used to contain an oil spill.
What part of speech is containment boom?
Containment boom is a noun.
What is the plural of containment boom?
The plural of containment boom is containment booms.

Words near containment boom in the dictionary

  1. containing
  2. containing multitudes
  3. containing oneself
  4. containings
  5. containment
  6. containment boom
  7. containment booms
  8. containment line
  9. containment lines
  10. containments
  11. contains

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