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oil sands

oil sands is the plural of oil sand.

Meaning of oil sand

Noun

oil sand (countable and uncountable, plural oil sands)

  1. A relatively loose sandstone, or porous carbonate rock, impregnated with bitumen.

Questions about oil sands

What is oil sands the plural of?
Oil sands is the plural of oil sand.

Words near oil sands in the dictionary

  1. oil reservoirs
  2. oil rig
  3. oil rigs
  4. Oil Rivers
  5. oil sand
  6. oil sands
  7. oil shale
  8. oil shales
  9. oil slick
  10. oil slicks
  11. oil spill

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