OIL RIG

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Rig used in drilling for oil or gas

Synonyms:

drill rig; drilling rig; oil rig; oilrig

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("oil rig" is a kind of...):

rig (gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "oil 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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