DRILLING FLUID as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a mixture of clays and chemicals and water
   • pumped down the drill pipe to lubricate and cool the drilling bit and to flush out the cuttings and to strengthen the sides of the hole
   Synonym(s)
   • drilling mud (what does drilling mud mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) drilling fluid is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • lubricant (what does lubricant mean?)
   • lubricator (what does lubricator mean?)
   • lubricating substance (what does lubricating substance mean?)