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oil spots

oil spots is the plural of oil spot.

Meaning of oil spot

Noun

oil spot (plural oil spots)

  1. A soiled spot on clothing, a tablecloth, etc., where some oil was absorbed; a similar spot on a driveway, puddle, etc., where some oil is lying.
  2. An oil film over an area of the ocean after an oil spill.
    Synonyms:
    oil slick, oilpatch
  3. One of the yellow spots, often circular in shape, on the upper leaf surface of grapevines in the early stages of downy mildew (caused by Plasmopara viticola infection).

Questions about oil spots

What is oil spots the plural of?
Oil spots is the plural of oil spot.

Words near oil spots in the dictionary

  1. oil slick
  2. oil slicks
  3. oil spill
  4. oil spills
  5. oil spot
  6. oil spots
  7. oil spotting
  8. oil stove
  9. oil stoves
  10. oil swishing
  11. oil tanker

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