Meaning

1 senses
  1. A hole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped.

    Ölquelle

    нефтяна́я сква́жинаneftjanája skvážina

    на́фтова свердлови́наnáftova sverdlovýna

More definitions
  • a well that yields or has yielded oil

Examples

6 sentences
  1. This oil well is going to make me rich.

    ruЭта нефтяная скважина сделает меня богатым. — Lenin_1917

  2. They operated an oil well.

  3. This oil well has been sucked dry.

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  4. Algeria used its oil revenue for well-fare.

  5. Algeria's real source of power is its oil wells.

Translations

8 languages
Українська
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hole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped:
Русский
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hole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
hole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped:

Forms

plural: oil wells
Singularoil well
Pluraloil wells

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Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a well that yields or has yielded oil:oiler

See also

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