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refiner

noun

Etymology

From refine + -er.

  1. derived from fīniō — “to finish”
  2. derived from fin — “fine, minute, exact”
  3. inherited from fin
  4. prefixed as refine — “re + fine”
  5. formed as refiner — “refine + -er”

Definitions

  1. One who, or that which, refines.

    • The average motorist will not see much, if any, difference in gasoline pump price but oil producers and Gulf Coast refiners expect profits to improve.
    • You can think of a search refiner as a filter. Your search for a broad topic might return hundreds of possible results. The refiner allows you to filter this information down based on the configured criteria.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA