Definitions for oil well

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

oil′ well`(n.)

a well drilled to obtain petroleum.
Category: Energy

Origin of oil well:

1840–50, Amer.

Princeton's WordNet

oil well, oiler(noun)
a well that yields or has yielded oil

Wiktionary

oil well(Noun)
A hole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped

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