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oilpatches

oilpatches is the plural 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.

Questions about oilpatches

What is oilpatches the plural of?
Oilpatches is the plural of oilpatch.

Words near oilpatches in the dictionary

  1. oilpan
  2. oilpans
  3. oilpaper
  4. oilpapers
  5. oilpatch
  6. oilpatches
  7. oilpresser
  8. oilpressers
  9. oilpressing
  10. oilproof
  11. oilproofed

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