WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
oil′ sand′, [Geol.]
  1. Geologya sand or sandstone containing oil or tarry residue in the pore spaces.
  • 1880–85, American.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
oil sand n
  1. a sandstone impregnated with hydrocarbons, esp such deposits in Alberta, Canada

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