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skim pit

skim pit noun: an open-air pit into which a mixture of oil and water is pumped and left to separate so that the oil can be extracted.

Noun

skim pit (plural skim pits)

  1. (oil industry mining) An open-air pit into which a mixture of oil and water is pumped and left to separate so that the oil can be extracted.

Forms of skim pit

pluralskim pits

Questions about skim pit

What does skim pit mean?
Skim pit means an open-air pit into which a mixture of oil and water is pumped and left to separate so that the oil can be extracted.
What part of speech is skim pit?
Skim pit is a noun.
What is the plural of skim pit?
The plural of skim pit is skim pits.

Words near skim pit in the dictionary

  1. skim coat
  2. skim coats
  3. skim milk
  4. skim milks
  5. skim off
  6. skim pit
  7. skim pits
  8. skim through
  9. skim-coat
  10. skim-coated
  11. skim-coating

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