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kelly drive

kelly drive noun: a type of well drilling device on an oil or gas drilling rig that employs a section of pipe with a polygonal or splined outer surface.

Noun

kelly drive (plural kelly drives)

  1. (oil industry) A type of well drilling device on an oil or gas drilling rig that employs a section of pipe with a polygonal or splined outer surface.

Forms of kelly drive

pluralkelly drives

Questions about kelly drive

What does kelly drive mean?
Kelly drive means a type of well drilling device on an oil or gas drilling rig that employs a section of pipe with a polygonal or splined outer surface.
What part of speech is kelly drive?
Kelly drive is a noun.
What is the plural of kelly drive?
The plural of kelly drive is kelly drives.

Words near kelly drive in the dictionary

  1. Kellums
  2. kelly
  3. Kelly Bray
  4. Kelly Bundy
  5. Kelly criterion
  6. kelly drive
  7. kelly drives
  8. kelly green
  9. Kelly Kettle
  10. Kelly pool
  11. Kelly Ridge

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