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oilspot

oilspot is the alternative form 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).

Forms of oilspot

pluraloilspots

Questions about oilspot

What is oilspot the alternative form of?
Oilspot is the alternative form of oil spot.

Words near oilspot in the dictionary

  1. oilseeds
  2. oilskin
  3. oilskinned
  4. oilskins
  5. oilsmoke
  6. oilspot
  7. oilspots
  8. oilstone
  9. oilstones
  10. oilstove
  11. oilstoves

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Adapted from Wiktionary: oilspot (page history and authors); oil spot (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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