Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

well drilling

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.93 in modern English

Syllables: well -drilling
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The process of boring a hole deep into the ground for the purpose of extracting a natural resource, such as groundwater, brine, natural gas or crude oil.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"After the war, the invaluable experience gained with mass production of the TP engines saw Davey Paxman in a favourable position to supply such units almost "off the shelf", a facility found to be of great value by oil companies engaged in well-drilling; [...]."

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does well drilling mean?: The process of boring a hole deep into the ground for the purpose of extracting a natural resource, such as groundwater, brine, natural gas or crude oil.

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