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drawworks

drawworks noun: the primary hoisting machinery component of a rotary drilling rig.

Noun

drawworks (plural drawworks)

  1. The primary hoisting machinery component of a rotary drilling rig.

Forms of drawworks

pluraldrawworks

Origin of drawworks

draw + works

Questions about drawworks

What does drawworks mean?
Drawworks means the primary hoisting machinery component of a rotary drilling rig.
What part of speech is drawworks?
Drawworks is a noun.
What is the plural of drawworks?
The plural of drawworks is drawworks.

Words near drawworks in the dictionary

  1. drawth
  2. drawths
  3. Drawtober
  4. drawtube
  5. drawtubes
  6. drawworks
  7. Drax
  8. dray
  9. Dray Bhăng
  10. dray horse
  11. dray-horse

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