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top drive

top drive noun: a mechanical device on a drilling rig that provides clockwise torque to the drill string to drill a borehole.

Noun

top drive (plural top drives)

  1. (oil industry) A mechanical device on a drilling rig that provides clockwise torque to the drill string to drill a borehole.

Forms of top drive

pluraltop drives

Questions about top drive

What does top drive mean?
Top drive means a mechanical device on a drilling rig that provides clockwise torque to the drill string to drill a borehole.
What part of speech is top drive?
Top drive is a noun.
What is the plural of top drive?
The plural of top drive is top drives.

Words near top drive in the dictionary

  1. top dog
  2. top dogs
  3. top dollar
  4. top dollars
  5. top drawer
  6. top drive
  7. top drives
  8. top drop
  9. top edge
  10. top edged
  11. top edges

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