oil sand

See also: oilsand

English

Noun

oil sand (countable and uncountable, plural oil sands)

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

Synonyms

• bituminous sand, tar sand

Translations

relatively loose sandstone or porous carbonate rock impregnated with bitumen

• Danish: tjæresand n
• Finnish: öljyhiekka (fi)
• Irish: gaineamh ola m, gaineamh tarra m, tarraghaineamh m
• Italian: sabbia bituminosa f
• Macedonian: битуме́нски пе́сок m (bituménski pésok), на́фтен пе́сок m (náften pésok)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: oljesand m

  Nynorsk: oljesand m

• Polish: piasek roponośny m
• Portuguese: areia betuminosa f
• Russian: нефтеносный песок (neftenosnyj pesok)
• Swedish: oljesand c
• Thai: ทรายน้ำมัน

Anagrams

• Ladinos, andisol, ladinos, osladin, snoidal