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oil field Definition

☆ oil field

noun

an area having valuable deposits of petroleum, often, specif., one with a number of active oil wells

oil field Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • discover: Undeterred, Macmillan re-read a life of Machiavelli, and turned his attention to Nigeria and its newly discovered oil fields.

Adjective modifier

  • rich: Economically it was rich and would be extremely wealthy when its newly-discovered rich oil fields came on stream.

Preposition: in

  • south: Moscow was nearly reached, Leningrad was surrounded and the oil fields in the south were swiftly approached.