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oil patch

oil patch is the alternative form of oilpatch.

Meaning of oilpatch

Noun

oilpatch (plural oilpatches)

  1. A patch or puddle of oil.
    • Near-synonyms: oil spot, oil slick
    Synonyms:
    oil spot, oil slick
  2. (informal) An oil and gas producing region; (metonymic) the oil and gas industry.
    • Like many men of that era and region, he wandered into the oilpatch and worked as a roustabout for a while.

Forms of oil patch

pluraloil patches

Questions about oil patch

What is oil patch the alternative form of?
Oil patch is the alternative form of oilpatch.

Words near oil patch in the dictionary

  1. oil paints
  2. oil palm
  3. oil palms
  4. oil pan
  5. oil pans
  6. oil patch
  7. oil patches
  8. oil pipeline
  9. oil platform
  10. oil platforms
  11. oil press

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