dry hole (English, noun)
expansion: dry hole (plural dry holes)
Senses:
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A hole drilled into the ground for oil or gas exploration which fails to yield enough oil or gas to justify the establishment of a well.
glosses: Something that brings no success or profit; a dead loss.
tags: figuratively
Forms:
form: dry holes
tags: plural