well 1
noundomain: artefact
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine
Hypernym
excavation 3
noun
a hole in the ground made by excavating
EnglishHyponym
artesian well 1
noun
a well drilled through impermeable strata into strata that receive water from a higher altitude so there is pressure to force the water to flow upward
driven well 1
noun
a well made by driving a tube into the earth to a stratum that bears water
gas well 1
noun
a well that yields or has yielded natural gas
oil well 1
noun
a well that yields or has yielded oil
sump 2
noun
a well or other hole in which water has collected
