English Explanatory Dictionary

waterflood

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

An inundation of water.

verb

To pump water into the ground around an oil well nearing depletion in order to loosen and force out additional oil.

Word forms

waterflood waterfloods waterflooding waterflooded

Etymology

From Middle English waterrflod, from Old English wæterflōd, equivalent to water + flood.

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