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oil-down

oil-down noun: the application of oil to the body in order to soothe and/or prevent drying.

Noun

oil-down (plural oil-downs)

  1. The application of oil to the body in order to soothe and/or prevent drying.
    • Spear will be getting a nice soothing oil-down Saturday.2017, “Sturgeon Spearing, Winnebago County Fishing Reports”, in Lake Link
  2. Meat, breadfruit, and vegetables cooked in coconut milk.
    • Although you may be offered insipid tourist-oriented fare in larger hotels, local cooking - meaning anything from Indian curry to Creole oil-down, or Spanish-style pastelles - still reigns supreme.2002, Nicky Agate, The Caribbean, →ISBN, page 726
    • When finished and all ingredients are cooked but not mushy, serve in calabash bowls (or ceramic bowls) and eat with a spoon.The pepper can now be removed from the muslin cloth and mashed, and a little can be placed on the oil-down for those who can tolerate the pepper.2011, Ken Albala, Food Cultures of the World Encyclopedia, →ISBN
  3. Oil spill.
    • Taking the time to sharpen a dull pencil after a few strokes is as annoying as an oil-down after each round of drag racing.2006, T Taylor, How to draw cars like a pro
    • It was a little hotter and there were more oil-downs so that kept us pretty busy and we were very tired by the end of Saturday's activities.2011, Ike Heckler Jr, Drag Racing 201: Racing in the New Economy, page 53

Examples of oil-down in a sentence

  • Popular with locals at the weekend, you will often see people enjoying picnics and oil-downs on the sand by the tables opposite the visitor centre.2017, Paul Crask, Grenada: Carriacou and Petite Martinique, →ISBN, page 175:
  • "We offer race teams considerable input on how to avoid oil-downs,” said Graham Light, NHRA's senior vice president of racing operations.2015 January 28, Anne Proffit, “NHRA alters oil-down rules”, in Motorsport:

Forms of oil-down

pluraloil-downs
alternative formoildown
alternative formoil down

Questions about oil-down

What does oil-down mean?
Oil-down means the application of oil to the body in order to soothe and/or prevent drying.
How do you use oil-down in a sentence?
Popular with locals at the weekend, you will often see people enjoying picnics and oil-downs on the sand by the tables opposite the visitor centre.
What part of speech is oil-down?
Oil-down is a noun.
What is the plural of oil-down?
The plural of oil-down is oil-downs.

Words near oil-down in the dictionary

  1. oil wells
  2. oil-based
  3. oil-burning
  4. oil-canning
  5. oil-digger
  6. oil-down
  7. oil-downs
  8. oil-fired
  9. oil-lit
  10. oil-patch
  11. oil-patches

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