"oildown" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: oildowns [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} oildown (countable and uncountable, plural oildowns)
  1. The national dish of Grenada, consisting of meat, breadfruit, and other vegetables slow-cooked in coconut milk until all the coconut milk is absorbed. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-oildown-en-noun-rTLHkSn4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 51 3
  2. (car racing) An oil spill sufficiently serious as to require the use of mechanical equipment to clean it up. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-oildown-en-noun-6ujGj~2~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 51 3
  3. Alternative form of oil-down Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: oil-down
    Sense id: en-oildown-en-noun-Qgv6jPoz
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: oil-down, oil down

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2014, Sarah Cameron, Grenada, St Vincent and the Grenadines Footprint Focus Guide",
          "text": "A huge variety and interesting combinations of local foods, breadfruit salad and green papaya salad are outstanding while you can also be offered stir fry rabbit, green papaya in cheese sauce, cou-cou, tannia cakes with shrimps, oildown with coconut cream, many dishes you may never have tried before.",
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          "ref": "2016, Elizabeth Harrison, A Slim Chance",
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