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oildowns

oildowns is the plural of oildown.

Meaning of oildown

Noun

oildown (countable and uncountable, plural oildowns)

  1. The national dish of Grenada, consisting of meat, breadfruit, and other vegetables slow-cooked in coconut milk until all the coconut milk is absorbed.
    • Tomorrow night we go be cooking ah oildown right heah.2011, Wendy Crawford-Daniel, Unveiling Island Passion, →ISBN, page 34
  2. (car racing) An oil spill sufficiently serious as to require the use of mechanical equipment to clean it up.
    • A first lap track oildown shuffled the front-running pack and ended defending champ Don Courtney's chances to repeat.1983, Walter A. Woron, Motor Trend - Volume 35, page 72

Questions about oildowns

What is oildowns the plural of?
Oildowns is the plural of oildown.

Words near oildowns in the dictionary

  1. oilcup
  2. oilcups
  3. Oildale
  4. oildom
  5. oildown
  6. oildowns
  7. oildriller
  8. oildrillers
  9. oile
  10. oiled
  11. oiled silk

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