"oil well" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: oil wells [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} oil well (plural oil wells)
  1. A hole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped. Wikipedia link: oil well Translations (hole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped): بِئْر نَفْط (biʔr nafṭ) (Arabic), neft quyusu (Azerbaijani), neft buruğu (Azerbaijani), на́фтавая свідраві́на (náftavaja svidravína) [feminine] (Belarusian), не́фтен сонда́ж (néften sondáž) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 油井 (jau⁴ zeng²) (Chinese Cantonese), 油井 (yóujǐng) (Chinese Mandarin), ropný vrt [masculine] (Czech), oliebron [feminine] (Dutch), öljylähde (Finnish), puits de pétrole [masculine] (French), forage pétrolier [masculine] (French), Ölquelle [feminine] (German), πετρελαιοπηγή (petrelaiopigí) [feminine] (Greek), olajkút (Hungarian), چاهِ نَفْت (čâh-e naft) (Iranian Persian), 油井 (yusei) (alt: ゆせい) (Japanese), 유정 (yujeong) (alt: 油井) (Korean), puna hinu (Maori), akʼahkǫʼ háálínígíí (Navajo), oljebrønn [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), szyb naftowy [masculine] (Polish), poço de petróleo [masculine] (Portuguese), puț de petrol (Romanian), нефтяна́я сква́жина (neftjanája skvážina) [feminine] (Russian), pozo petrolífero [masculine] (Spanish), pozo petrolero [masculine] (Spanish), oljekälla [common-gender] (Swedish), oljebrunn [common-gender] (Swedish), balon ng langis (Tagalog), บ่อน้ำมัน (bɔ̀ɔ-náam-man) (Thai), petrol kuyusu (Turkish), на́фтова свердлови́на (náftova sverdlovýna) [feminine] (Ukrainian), giếng dầu (Vietnamese)
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      "sense": "hole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped",
      "word": "油井"
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      "sense": "hole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped",
      "word": "油井"
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      "sense": "hole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "hole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped",
      "word": "öljylähde"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "hole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "puits de pétrole"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "hole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped",
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "hole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Ölquelle"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "petrelaiopigí",
      "sense": "hole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "πετρελαιοπηγή"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "hole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped",
      "word": "olajkút"
    },
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      "alt": "ゆせい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yusei",
      "sense": "hole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped",
      "word": "油井"
    },
    {
      "alt": "油井",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yujeong",
      "sense": "hole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped",
      "word": "유정"
    },
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "hole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped",
      "word": "puna hinu"
    },
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      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "hole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped",
      "word": "akʼahkǫʼ háálínígíí"
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      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "hole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped",
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      "word": "oljebrønn"
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      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "čâh-e naft",
      "sense": "hole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped",
      "word": "چاهِ نَفْت"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "hole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "szyb naftowy"
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "hole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "poço de petróleo"
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      "sense": "hole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped",
      "word": "puț de petrol"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neftjanája skvážina",
      "sense": "hole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "нефтяна́я сква́жина"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "hole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped",
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      "word": "pozo petrolífero"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "hole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped",
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      "sense": "hole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped",
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      "sense": "hole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped",
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      "sense": "hole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped",
      "word": "บ่อน้ำมัน"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "hole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped",
      "word": "petrol kuyusu"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "náftova sverdlovýna",
      "sense": "hole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "на́фтова свердлови́на"
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      "sense": "hole drilled into the earth from which petroleum is pumped",
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