| drilling platform | |
| —n | |
| a structure, either fixed to the sea bed or mobile, which supports the machinery and equipment (the drilling rig), together with the stores, required for digging an offshore oil well | |
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| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| drilling platform | |
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| drilling rig consisting of an offshore platform (floating or fixed to the sea bed) from which many oil wells can be bored radially |