| NOUN | artifact | oil well, oiler | a well that yields or has yielded oil |
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| Meaning | A well that yields or has yielded oil. | |
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| Synonym | oiler | |
| Narrower | gusher | An oil well with a strong natural flow so that pumping / pumping is not necessary |
| spouter | An oil well that is spouting | |
| stripper well, stripper | An oil well whose production has declined to less than ten barrels a day | |
| wildcat well, wildcat | An exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field | |
| Broader | well | A deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine |
| Spanish | pozo de petróleo, pozo | |
| Catalan | pou petrolífer | |
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