WILDCAT WELL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wildcat well mean? 

• WILDCAT WELL (noun)
  The noun WILDCAT WELL has 1 sense:

1. an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field

  Familiarity information: WILDCAT WELL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WILDCAT WELL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

wildcat; wildcat well

Hypernyms ("wildcat well" is a kind of...):

oil well; oiler (a well that yields or has yielded oil)