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hydrofracking

hydrofracking noun: hydraulic fracturing.

Noun

hydrofracking (uncountable)

  1. hydraulic fracturing
    • The chemicals were used by companies during a drilling process known as hydraulic fracturing, or hydrofracking, which involves the high-pressure injection of a mixture of water, sand and chemical additives into rock formations deep underground. […] A 2010 report by Environmental Working Group, a...2011 April 17, “Chemicals Were Injected Into Wells, Report Says”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 14 Aug 2022

Origin of hydrofracking

From hydro- + fracking.

Questions about hydrofracking

What does hydrofracking mean?
Hydrofracking means hydraulic fracturing.
What part of speech is hydrofracking?
Hydrofracking is a noun.

Words near hydrofracking in the dictionary

  1. hydroformylation
  2. hydroformylations
  3. hydrofrac
  4. hydrofrack
  5. hydrofracked
  6. hydrofracking
  7. hydrofracks
  8. hydrofracs
  9. hydrofracture
  10. hydrofractured
  11. hydrofractures

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