Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

frac

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.35 in modern English

Syllables: frac
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To use hydraulic fracturing (fraccing)

adj

Relating to or denoting hydraulic fracturing

noun

Frac job.

noun

noun

noun

noun

Example Sentences

"To date, Arrow has only fracced about 2.5 percent of its wells ..."
"More than a million wells have been fracced in the United States since the first frac job six decades ago."
"The drilling industry has generally spelled the word without a "K," using terms like "frac job" or "frac fluid.""
"A program summary showing the type and volume of fluid and the size and amount of sand that is planned for the eight fracs is shown in table 1."

Etymology

Clipping of hydrofracking.

Inflected Forms

fracs (present, singular) fraccing (participle, present) fracced (participle, past) fracced (past) frack (alternative) fracs (plural)

Phrases

frac job frac spread

Questions

What does frac mean?: To use hydraulic fracturing (fraccing)
Where does frac come from?: Clipping of hydrofracking.

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