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DERRICK

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A simple crane having lifting tackle slung from a boom

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("derrick" is a kind of...):

crane (lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A framework erected over an oil well to allow drill tubes to be raised and lowered

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("derrick" is a kind of...):

frame; framework (a structure supporting or containing something)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb derrick

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