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drill rig

drill rig noun: an oil rig.

Noun

drill rig (plural drill rigs)

  1. An oil rig.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drill, rig.
    • In sandy strata, 7 to 9 inches diameter holes are drilled with a percussion type drill rig.1979, Iqtidar H. Siddiqui, Irrigation canals: planning, design, construction, and maintenance
    • As no standard drill rig for 38-mm holes was available, Atlas Copco developed the Trakker 526, a drill rig for small-hole drilling that was adapted to narrow vein mining2001, William A. Hustrulid, Richard L. Bullock, Underground Mining Methods, page 224

Forms of drill rig

pluraldrill rigs
alternative formdrilling rig

Questions about drill rig

What does drill rig mean?
Drill rig means an oil rig.
What part of speech is drill rig?
Drill rig is a noun.
What is the plural of drill rig?
The plural of drill rig is drill rigs.

Words near drill rig in the dictionary

  1. drill out
  2. drill pipe
  3. drill pipes
  4. drill press
  5. drill presses
  6. drill rig
  7. drill rigs
  8. drill sergeant
  9. drill sergeants
  10. drill string
  11. drill strings

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