HyperDic: wildcat_well

English > 1 sense of the expression wildcat well:
NOUNartifactwildcat well, wildcatan exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field
English > wildcat well: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
MeaningAn exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field.
Synonymwildcat
Broaderoil well, oilerA well that yields or has yielded oil

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