oil well

noun

: a well from which petroleum is obtained

Examples of oil well in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Since the 1940s, it has been tapped for oil production, with some 400 oil wells operating at one point. — Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 14 Aug. 2026

Fracking operations would be carried out on 16 existing oil wells over a five-year period, and company officials said the procedure would take about 14 days per year to complete. — Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026

National security applications include fuel rod scanners and port security systems, while industrial users rely on californium-252 for applications such as oil well logging, coal analysis and instrument calibration. — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026

This movie needs to start in the first minute with a giant oil well-style geyser of blood, and part of it is signalling excess and campiness. — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1847, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for oil well

• barbell
• bedwell
• befell
• bluebell
• bombshell
• bridewell
• capelle
• cartel
• carvel
• clamshell
• cogswell
• compel

Kids Definition

oil well

noun

: a well from which petroleum is obtained