waterput

Definitions of waterput
  1. noun
    a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine
    synonyms: afvoerput, put
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    types:
    oliebron
    a well that yields or has yielded oil
    type of:
    uitholling
    a hole in the ground made by excavating
  2. noun
    an open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway)
    synonyms: boorput, koker, put
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    types:
    trappehuis, trappenhuis, trapzaal
    a vertical well around which there is a stairway
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