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top drives

top drives is the plural of top drive.

Meaning of top drive

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.

Questions about top drives

What is top drives the plural of?
Top drives is the plural of top drive.

Words near top drives in the dictionary

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

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