drilling

English Thesaurus

1. the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum (noun.act)

hypernym	:	production,
definition	:	(economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale (noun.act)

2. the act of drilling (noun.act)

hypernym	:	creating by removal,
definition	:	the act of creating by removing something (noun.act)

3. the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum (noun.act)

derivation	:	bore, drill, bore, drill,
definition	:	make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool (verb.contact)

derivation	:	bore, drill, bore, drill,
definition	:	make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool (verb.contact)