frackingnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈfræk.ɪŋ/us/ˈfræk.ɪŋ/a method of getting oil or gas from the rock below the surface of the ground by making large cracks in it. Fracking is short for "hydraulic fracturing".
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Engineering - mining & quarrying
- borehole
- coal
- coal mine
- colliery
- digger
- excavate
- extract
- gold mine
- gravel pit
- gusher
- hydraulic fracturing
- miner
- mineral
- mining
- oil rig
- pit
- pithead
- quarry
- slag heap
- workings
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