| oil well n. A hole drilled or dug in the earth from which petroleum flows or is pumped. Also called oiler. |
oil well
n
(Mining & Quarrying) a boring into the earth or sea bed for the extraction of petroleum
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| Noun | 1. |  oil well - a well that yields or has yielded oilgusher - an oil well with a strong natural flow so that pumping is not necessary spouter - an oil well that is spouting stripper well, stripper - an oil well whose production has declined to less than ten barrels a day well - a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine wildcat, wildcat well - an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field |
Translations
oil well n → pozzo petrolifero
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