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drilling fluids

drilling fluids is the plural of drilling fluid.

Meaning of drilling fluid

Noun

drilling fluid (countable and uncountable, plural drilling fluids)

  1. A fluid used to aid the drilling of boreholes, serving to provide hydrostatic pressure, to keep the drill bit cool and clean, and to suspend the drill cuttings.

Questions about drilling fluids

What is drilling fluids the plural of?
Drilling fluids is the plural of drilling fluid.

Words near drilling fluids in the dictionary

  1. drillhole
  2. drillholes
  3. drilling
  4. drilling down
  5. drilling fluid
  6. drilling fluids
  7. drilling hammer
  8. drilling in
  9. drilling out
  10. drilling rig
  11. drilling rigs

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