"storm oil" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} storm oil (uncountable)
  1. Oil carried by a ship and dispersed into an area of water to calm it (as it absorbs some of the energy of waves, and covers a large area in a slick film upon which wind can get less traction to produce waves). Wikipedia link: storm oil Tags: uncountable Translations (oil): Wellenberuhigungsöl [neuter] (German), Wellenöl [neuter] (German), שֶׁמֶן סְעָרָה (shemen se'ara) [masculine] (Hebrew)
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