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oiler

DEFINITIONS OF: oiler

1

n a worker who oils engines or machinery

Type of:
worker
a person who works at a specific occupation

n a cargo ship designed to carry crude oil in bulk

Synonyms:
oil tanker, tank ship, tanker
Types:
supertanker
the largest class of oil tankers
Type of:
cargo ship, cargo vessel
a ship designed to carry cargo

n a well that yields or has yielded oil

Synonyms:
oil well
Types:
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gusher
an oil well with a strong natural flow so that pumping is not necessary
spouter
an oil well that is spouting
stripper, stripper well
an oil well whose production has declined to less than ten barrels a day
wildcat, wildcat well
an exploratory oil well drilled in land not known to be an oil field
Type of:
well
a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine
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