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skim pits

skim pits is the plural of skim pit.

Meaning of skim pit

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.

Questions about skim pits

What is skim pits the plural of?
Skim pits is the plural of skim pit.

Words near skim pits in the dictionary

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

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