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DRILL RIG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does drill rig mean?
• DRILL RIG (noun)
The noun DRILL RIG has 1 sense:
1. rig used in drilling for oil or gas
Familiarity information: DRILL RIG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rig used in drilling for oil or gas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
drill rig; drilling rig; oil rig; oilrig
Hypernyms ("drill rig" is a kind of...):
rig (gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drill rig"):
drilling platform; offshore rig (drilling rig consisting of an offshore platform (floating or fixed to the sea bed) from which many oil wells can be bored radially)
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