Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oil sand

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.35 in modern English

Syllables: oil sand
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A relatively loose sandstone, or porous carbonate rock, impregnated with bitumen.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

oil sands (plural)

Synonyms

bituminous sand tar sand

Questions

What does oil sand mean?: A relatively loose sandstone, or porous carbonate rock, impregnated with bitumen.

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