drilling rig

drill·ing rig

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [dril-ing rig]
- /ˈdrɪl ɪŋ rɪg/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [dril-ing rig]
- /ˈdrɪl ɪŋ rɪg/

Definitions of drilling rig words

noun drilling rig rig (def 7). 1
noun drilling rig a mobile drilling platform used for exploratory offshore drilling 0
noun drilling rig A drilling rig is the equipment used to drill a wellbore. 0
noun drilling rig Used other than as an idiom: see drilling,‎ rig. 0
noun drilling rig An oil rig. 0

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Origin of drilling rig

First appearance:

before 1910

One of the 15% newest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1910-15

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Parts of speech for Drilling rig

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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drilling rig popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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