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blowout preventers

blowout preventers is the plural of blowout preventer.

Meaning of blowout preventer

Noun

blowout preventer (plural blowout preventers)

  1. (oil industry) A device that sits at the surface interface of an oil well and prevents a blowout from occurring by closing the orifice, allowing material to flow from the oil reservoir out through the shaft.
    Synonyms:
    BOP

Questions about blowout preventers

What is blowout preventers the plural of?
Blowout preventers is the plural of blowout preventer.

Words near blowout preventers in the dictionary

  1. blowoffs
  2. blowout
  3. blowout coil
  4. blowout coils
  5. blowout preventer
  6. blowout preventers
  7. blowout sale
  8. blowout sales
  9. blowouts
  10. blowover
  11. blowovers

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