- Feedstock
- A raw material that can be converted to one or more products.
Energy terms . 2014.
Feedstock
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feedstock — feed‧stock [ˈfiːdstɒk ǁ stɑːk] noun [countable] 1. MANUFACTURING a main raw material (= a material such as coal or oil in its natural state before being treated in order to make things) used for making products such as plastics and Nylon: • Coal… … Financial and business terms
feedstock — ☆ feedstock [fēd′stäk΄ ] n. raw material for industrial processing; often, specif., any of various petroleum products used in making petrochemicals and gasoline … English World dictionary
feedstock — noun Date: 1932 raw material supplied to a machine or processing plant … New Collegiate Dictionary
feedstock — /feed stok /, n. raw material for processing or manufacturing industry. Also, feed stock. [1930 35; FEED + STOCK] * * * … Universalium
feedstock — noun Any bulk raw material constituting the principal input for an industrial process. Bio materials may be substituted for petrochemical feedstocks as petroleum prices rise … Wiktionary
Feedstock — Сырь?; Исходный материал … Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии
feedstock — A refinery product that is used as the raw material for another process; the term is also generally applied to raw materials used in other industrial processes. (Speight, 2007) … Petroleum refining glossary
feedstock — n. raw material used in the production and manufacturing of a product … English contemporary dictionary
feedstock — noun raw material to supply a machine or industrial process … English new terms dictionary
feedstock — feed′stock or feed′ stock n. chem. raw material for a processing or manufacturing industry • Etymology: 1930–35 … From formal English to slang
