Usually means: Well drilled but no oil.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. dry hole: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. dry hole: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dry hole: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. dry hole: Collins English Dictionary
  5. dry-hole: Wordnik
  6. dry hole: Wiktionary
  7. dry hole: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. dry hole: Dictionary.com
  9. dry hole: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. Dry Hole: Investopedia
  3. Dry hole: Energy Dictionary
  4. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dry hole: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dry hole: Urban Dictionary

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Energy Terms (No longer online)
  3. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Oil and Gas Well Drilling and Servicing eTool (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (dry hole)

noun:  (engineering) 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.
noun:  (figurative) Something that brings no success or profit; a dead loss.

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