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drilling fluid

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.75 in modern English

Syllables
drilling flu-id
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fluid used to aid the drilling of boreholes, serving to provide hydrostatic pressure, to keep the drill bit cool and clean, and to suspend the drill cuttings.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

drilling fluids (plural)

Synonyms

drilling mud

Questions

What does drilling fluid mean?
A fluid used to aid the drilling of boreholes, serving to provide hydrostatic pressure, to keep the drill bit cool and clean, and to suspend the drill cuttings.

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