Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wellbore

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.01 in modern English

Syllables: well-bore
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The hole produced when drilling an oil or gas well.

Example Sentences

"The overflush consisted of 100 bbls of uncrosslinked 3000 ppm polymer, followed by one wellbore volume (~150 bbls) plus 450 bbls crude behind pipe."

Etymology

Etymology tree English well Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-der. Proto-Germanic *burōną Proto-West Germanic *borōn Old English borian Middle English boren English bore English wellbore From well + bore.

Inflected Forms

wellbores (plural)

Synonyms

borehole

Questions

What does wellbore mean?: The hole produced when drilling an oil or gas well.
Where does wellbore come from?: Etymology tree English well Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-der. Proto-Germanic *burōną Proto-West Germanic *borōn Old English borian Middle English boren English bore English wellbore From well + bore.

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