Definitions for refinery
rɪˈfaɪ nə rire·fin·e·ry

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. refinerynoun

   an industrial plant for purifying a crude substance

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. refinerynoun

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

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Refinery

   A refinery is a production facility composed of a group of chemical engineering unit processes and unit operations refining certain materials or converting raw material into products of value.

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1. refinery

   A refinery is an industrial facility where raw materials, particularly crude oil, natural gas, and metals are processed and transformed into more valuable and usable substances or products such as gasoline, diesel fuel, or other refined products. These establishments implement complex processes including distillation, extraction, and purification.

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1. Refinerynoun

   the building and apparatus for refining or purifying, esp. metals and sugar

2. Refinerynoun

   a furnace in which cast iron is refined by the action of a blast on the molten metal

3. Etymology: [Cf. F. raffinerie.]

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1. Refinery

   A refinery is a production facility composed of a group of chemical engineering unit processes and unit operations refining certain materials or converting raw material into products of value.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of refinery in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of refinery in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of refinery in a Sentence

1. Phil Flynn:

   The overarching concern in this market is the growing inventory levels for crude, and that doesn't seem to be easing despite the strong refinery runs we've been having.

2. Ammar Hikmat:

   We call upon the central government to send reinforcements immediately. The soldiers defending the refinery are exhausted and they are in need of any kind of help in order to withstand the attacks.

3. David Fialkov:

   As long as EPA continues issuing small refinery exemptions without accounting for waived volumes in establishing the underlying renewable fuel mandate every year, fuel marketers won't be motivated to buy biofuels. End of story.

4. Wirtmaja Puja:

   The SPR is in case of an energy crisis and emergency situations, such as when crude prices increase significantly, a tsunami, or refinery troubles.

5. Braden Reddall:

   Several competitors have reportedly received exemptions from the RFS, if true, any refinery which has not been exempted from the RFS will be at a competitive disadvantage.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=refinery
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Refinery
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refinery
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/refinery
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=refinery