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refinery

noun
/rɪˈfaɪnərɪ/

Etymology

From refine + -ry.

  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 refinery — “refine + -ry”

Definitions

  1. A building, or a mass of machinery, used to produce refined products such as sugar, oil,…

    A building, or a mass of machinery, used to produce refined products such as sugar, oil, or metals.

    • Pipeable products may be moved from refinery centers to demand zones by truck, barge, intercoastal tanker or pipeline.
    • On orders from Beijing, state-controlled enterprises have dismantled Baotou refineries and rebuilt them at an enormous mining complex at Bayan Obo in the Gobi Desert, which mines about half the world’s rare earths.

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