Drilling Synonyms

To bore
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. pounding
  2. puncturing
  3. inculcating
  4. impressing
  5. implanting
  6. driving
  7. piercing
  8. instilling
The act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. boring
  2. oil production
To instruct in a body of doctrine or belief
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. inculcating
To infuse knowledge of or skill in by repetitious instruction:
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. teaching

Words Related to Drilling

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. working
  2. penetrating
  3. downhole
  4. drill
  5. sub-sea
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  7. digging
  8. diamond drill
  9. subsea

Drilling Sentence Examples

  • For drilling the deeper wells, the derrick, on account of the length of the " string " of drilling tools, is usually at least 7 o ft.

  • The drilling tools are suspended by an untarred manila rope, 2 in.

  • The outward set of teeth drill the hole large enough to permit the drilling apparatus to descend freely, and the teeth set inwardly pare down the core to such a diameter as will admit of the body of the cutter passing over it without seizing.

  • The drilling of a well is commonly carried out under contract, the producer erecting the derrick and providing the engine and boiler while the drilling contractor finds the tools, and is Drill ing the responsible for accidents or failure to complete the well.

  • Although petroleum wells in Russia have not the depth of many of those in the United States, the disturbed character of the strata, with consequent liability to caving, and the occurrence of hard concretions, render drilling a lengthy and expensive Drilling in operation.

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