oil field

noun

An area under which are reserves of petroleum, especially one with productive oil wells.

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Meanings

nounoil field (plural oil fields)

plural oil fields · alternative oilfield

  1. An area under which are reserves of petroleum, especially one with productive oil wells.

    Too many puppies are being shot in the dark Too many puppies are trained not to bark At the sight of blood that must be spilled so that we may maintain our oil fields

    1990, “Too Many Puppies”, performed by Primus

Translations

Catalan camp petrolífer
  • camp petrolíferarea under which are reserves of petroleum
Chinese Cantonese 油田
  • 油田 (jau⁴ tin⁴)area under which are reserves of petroleum
Chinese Mandarin 油田
  • 油田 (yóutián)area under which are reserves of petroleum
Dutch olieveld
  • olieveldarea under which are reserves of petroleum
Estonian naftaväli, naftamaardla
  • naftaväliarea under which are reserves of petroleum
  • naftamaardlaarea under which are reserves of petroleum
Finnish öljykenttä
  • öljykenttäarea under which are reserves of petroleum
German Ölfeld
  • Ölfeldarea under which are reserves of petroleum
Hungarian olajmező
  • olajmezőarea under which are reserves of petroleum
Irish olacheantar
  • olacheantararea under which are reserves of petroleum
Japanese 油田
  • 油田 (yuden)area under which are reserves of petroleum
Norwegian Bokmål oljefelt
  • oljefeltarea under which are reserves of petroleum
Persian مخزن نفتی
  • مخزن نفتی (maxzan-e nafti)area under which are reserves of petroleum
Polish pole naftowe
  • pole naftowearea under which are reserves of petroleum
Portuguese campo de petróleo, campo petrolífero
  • campo de petróleoarea under which are reserves of petroleum
  • campo petrolíferoarea under which are reserves of petroleum
Russian нефтепро́мысел
  • нефтепро́мысел (nefteprómysel)area under which are reserves of petroleum
Swedish oljefält
  • oljefältarea under which are reserves of petroleum
Ukrainian на́фтове родо́вище
  • на́фтове родо́вище (náftove rodóvyšče)area under which are reserves of petroleum
Cite this entry
APA

oil field. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oil%20field

MLA

“oil field.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oil%20field. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oil field,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oil%20field.

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