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Definition: Oilskin |
OilskinNoun1. A macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "oilskin" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1838. (references) |
Synonym: OilskinSynonym: slicker (n). (additional references) |
| "Oilskin" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Oilskin" is used about 28 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 28 | 65,706 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
clothing oilskin | 20 |
oilskin | 14 |
oilskin duster | 8 |
oilskin hat | 7 |
hat oilskin outback | 5 |
oilskin coat | 5 |
oilskin jacket | 3 |
harley jacket oilskin | 2 |
apron oilskin | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "oilskin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | veshje e papërshkueshme nga uji (Oilers), mushama (Mac, Macintosh, Mackintosh, mat, oilcloth, oil-coat, oiler, Oilers, raincoat, slicker, trench coat, waterproof). (various references) | |
Arabic | معطف مشمع, مشمع (anorganic, coated, linoleum, oilcloth, tarpaulin, waxed, waxen), قماش مشمع, الممطر معطف واق من المطر. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | мушамен, мушама (oil, oilcloth, slicker, tarpaulin, waterproof). (various references) | |
Chinese | 油布. (various references) | |
Czech | odìv z nepromokavého plátna, nepromokavé plátno (oilcloth). (various references) | |
Farsi | پارچه مشمع (Oilcloth), پارچه برزنت (Oilcloth), کت بارانی . (various references) | |
Finnish | öljytakki. (various references) | |
French | toile cirée (oilcloth). (various references) | |
German | öltuch. (various references) | |
Greek | αδιάβροχο (gabardine, raincoat, tarpaulin). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מעיל 'שם (raincoat, slicker, trench coat, waterproof), ארי' משומן. (various references) | |
Hungarian | vízhatlanná tett ruhadarab, vízhatlan tengerészköpeny, impregnált ruhadarab. (various references) | |
Italian | tela impermeabilizzata, tela cerata (oil cloth, oilcloth). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | オイラーの定理 (engine oil, Euler's theorem, kerosene, ocarina, occult, occult culture, oil, oil ball, oil brake, oil dollar, oil facility, oil fence, oil massage, oil money, oil pack, oil paint, oil painting, oil road, oil shale, oil shock, oiled leather, oiled sand, oiled sardine, oiled silk, oil-heater, oxidant, oxide, wood briquet). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | オイルスキン . (various references) | |
Manx | eaddagh ooill, cullee fliaghee. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oilskinay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | oleado (american leather, cerecloth, cerement, oilcloth, oiled, wax cloth), roupa de oleado. (various references) | |
Romanian | pânzã uleiatã (oilcloth), muşama (mat, oilcloth, wax cloth), linoleum (floor cloth, linoleum, oilcloth). (various references) | |
Russian | тонкая клеенка, клеенчатый, непромокаемый костюм. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | od nauljenog platna, nepromočiv kaput (oil-coat), nauljeno platno. (various references) | |
Spanish | traje de encerado, tela encerada (waxed cloth), hule (oilcloth, oilcoat, rubber), encerado (blackboard, oilcloth, wax), chubasquero (Cape), ahulado. (various references) | |
Swedish | oljeduk (oil cloth, oilcloth, oil-skin), vaxduk (oil cloth, oilcloth, oil-cloth, oil-skin). (various references) | |
Thai | ผ้าเคลือบมันใช้กันน้ำ. (various references) | |
Turkish | muşamba (lino, linoleum, oilcloth, tarp, tarpaulin, waxcloth), gamsele (oilskins). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | тонка клейонка, непромокальний костюм (oil), прохідницький костюм, дощовий одяг (oil). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "oilskin": oilskins. (additional references) | |
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"Oilskin" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Eimskip, Oelschig, oerlikon, Olitski, oriskany. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "i-i-k-l-n-o-s" | |
-2 letters: ikons, kilns, kilos, kinos, links, linos, lions, loins, noils, oinks, slink. | |
-3 letters: ikon, ilks, inks, ions, kiln, kilo, kino, kins, kois, link, lino, lins, lion, loin, nils, nisi, noil, oils, oink, silk, silo, sink, skin, soil, soli. | |
-4 letters: ilk, ink, ins, ion, kin, koi, kos, lin, lis, nil, nos, oil, ons, sin, ski. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-i-k-l-n-o-s" | |
+1 letter: kolinski, oilskins. | |
+2 letters: silkoline. | |
+3 letters: kaolinites, kolinskies, silkolines, triskelion. | |
+4 letters: folksinging, kinesiology, outslicking, stockpiling, triskelions. | |
+5 letters: folksingings, locksmithing. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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