Definitions for oil field

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

oil′ field`(n.)

  1. an area having large deposits of petroleum.

    Category: Geology

Origin of oil field:

1890–95

Wiktionary

  1. oil field(Noun)

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


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