oil well

noun

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

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Meanings

nounoil well (plural oil wells)

plural oil wells

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

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna well that yields or has yielded oil

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic بِئْر نَفْط
  • بِئْر نَفْط (biʔr nafṭ)hole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped
Bulgarian не́фтен сонда́ж
  • не́фтен сонда́ж (néften sondáž)hole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped
Chinese Cantonese 油井
  • 油井 (jau⁴ zeng²)hole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped
Chinese Mandarin 油井
  • 油井 (yóujǐng)hole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped
Czech ropný vrt
  • ropný vrthole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped
Dutch oliebron
  • oliebronhole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped
Finnish öljylähde
  • öljylähdehole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped
French puits de pétrole, forage pétrolier
  • puits de pétrolehole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped
  • forage pétrolierhole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped
German Ölquelle
  • Ölquellehole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped
Greek πετρελαιοπηγή
  • πετρελαιοπηγή (petrelaiopigí)hole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped
Hungarian olajkút
  • olajkúthole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped
Japanese 油井
  • 油井 (yusei)hole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped
Korean 유정
  • 유정 (yujeong)hole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped
Māori puna hinu
  • puna hinuhole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped
Norwegian Bokmål oljebrønn
  • oljebrønnhole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped
Polish szyb naftowy
  • szyb naftowyhole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped
Portuguese poço de petróleo
  • poço de petróleohole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped
Romanian puț de petrol
  • puț de petrolhole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped
Russian нефтяна́я сква́жина
  • нефтяна́я сква́жина (neftjanája skvážina)hole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped
Spanish pozo petrolífero, pozo petrolero
  • pozo petrolíferohole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped
  • pozo petrolerohole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped
Swedish oljekälla, oljebrunn
  • oljekällahole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped
  • oljebrunnhole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped
Tagalog balon ng langis
  • balon ng langishole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped
Tamil எண்ணெய்க்கிணறு
  • எண்ணெய்க்கிணறு (eṇṇeykkiṇaṟu)hole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped
Thai บ่อน้ำมัน
  • บ่อน้ำมัน (bɔ̀ɔ-náam-man)hole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped
Turkish petrol kuyusu
  • petrol kuyusuhole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped
Ukrainian на́фтова свердлови́на
  • на́фтова свердлови́на (náftova sverdlovýna)hole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped
Vietnamese giếng dầu
  • giếng dầuhole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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