fracking
Hydraulic fracturingHydraulic fracturing.
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1 senses(uncountable, usually)Hydraulic fracturing.
Fracking
- a well-stimulation technique in which rock is fractured by a pressurized liquid
Examples
4 sentencesDoes fracking really cause earthquakes?
Algeria has massive quantities of shale oil that could be extracted through fracking.
Fracking is a type of geo-engineering to get oil out of shale.
Does fracking cause earthquakes?
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From frack (“fracture”) + -ing.From frack (“fracture”) + -ing.
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Forms
plural: frackingsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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