Refinery

Refinery
  An installation that manufactures finished petroleum products from crude oil, unfinished oils, natural gas liquids, other hydrocarbons, and oxygenates.
  U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration's Energy Glossary
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  A facility that separates crude oil into varied oil products. The refinery uses progressive temperature changes to separate by vaporizing the chemical components of crude oil that have different boiling points. These are distilled into usable products such as gasoline, fuel oil, lubricants and kerosene.
  California Energy Comission. Dictionary of Energy Terms

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  • refinery — (n.) 1727, from REFINE (Cf. refine) + ERY (Cf. ery) …   Etymology dictionary

  • refinery — ► NOUN (pl. refineries) ▪ an industrial installation where a substance is refined …   English terms dictionary

  • refinery — [ri fīn′ər ē] n. pl. refineries [< REFINE + ERY, based on Fr raffinerie] an establishment or plant for refining, or purifying, such raw materials as oil, metal, or sugar …   English World dictionary

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  • refinery — n. an oil; sugar refinery * * * [rɪ faɪn(ə)rɪ] sugar refinery an oil …   Combinatory dictionary

  • refinery — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. smelting works, oil refinery, sugar refinery; see factory . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Something that purifies or cleans: clarifier, cleaner, cleanser, purifier, refiner. See CLEAN …   English dictionary for students

  • refinery — UK [rɪˈfaɪnərɪ] / US noun [countable] Word forms refinery : singular refinery plural refineries a factory where things are removed from a natural substance to make it pure …   English dictionary

  • refinery — noun Refinery is used after these nouns: ↑oil, ↑sugar …   Collocations dictionary

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