Phrase guide

oil rig

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A rig, consisting of a platform and machinery, used to drill for oil and other petroleum products, such as natural gas.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: (broadly synonymous) drill rig, drilling rig, oil platform

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: drill rig, drilling rig, oil platform

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

rig used in drilling for oil or gas

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: drill rig, drilling rig, oilrig

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rig

Narrower terms: drilling platform, offshore rig

History

Etymology

From oil + rig.

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 石油鑽塔 /石油钻塔 (shíyóu zuàntǎ) — oil-drilling platform
  • Chinese Mandarin: 石油鑽台 (shíyóu zuàntái) — oil-drilling platform
  • Czech: ropná plošina — oil-drilling platform
  • Danish: borerig — oil-drilling platform
  • Dutch: boortoren — oil-drilling platform
  • Finnish: öljynporauslautta — oil-drilling platform
  • Finnish: öljylautta — oil-drilling platform
  • French: foreuse — oil-drilling platform
  • German: Bohrturm — oil-drilling platform
  • Hebrew: אַסְדַּת קִדּוּחַ (asdát qiddúaẖ) — oil-drilling platform
  • Hebrew: אַסְדַּת נֵפְט (asdát neft) — oil-drilling platform
  • Hungarian: fúrótorony — oil-drilling platform
  • Indonesian: rig pengeboran — oil-drilling platform
  • Italian: impianto di trivellazione — oil-drilling platform
  • Japanese: 石油プラットフォーム (sekiyu purattofōmu) — oil-drilling platform
  • Japanese: 石油リグ (sekiyu rigu) — oil-drilling platform
  • Norwegian: borerigg — oil-drilling platform
  • Norwegian Bokmål: oljerigg — oil-drilling platform
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: oljerigg — oil-drilling platform
  • Polish: wieża wiertnicza — oil-drilling platform
  • Portuguese: plataforma de poço de petróleo — oil-drilling platform
  • Russian: бурова́я вы́шка (burovája výška) — oil-drilling platform
  • Scottish Gaelic: rioga ola — oil-drilling platform
  • Spanish: torre petrolera — oil-drilling platform
  • Spanish: plataforma petrolífera — oil-drilling platform
  • Swedish: oljeborrtorn — oil-drilling platform
  • Swedish: oljeplattform — oil-drilling platform
  • Ukrainian: бурова́ ви́шка (burová výška) — oil-drilling platform