Oil Well (Noun)
Meaning
A well that yields or has yielded oil.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The discovery of a major oil well in the region sparked an economic boom and brought in thousands of new jobs.
- Drilling on the new oil well is expected to begin next quarter and should be completed within six months.
- After decades of operation, the oil well finally ran dry and was capped.
- Geologists believed the oil well had the potential to produce millions of barrels of oil over its lifetime.
- Maintenance workers struggled to contain the leak from the old oil well, which had been causing environmental concerns for years.