refinery
pronunciation
How to pronounce refinery in British English:
UK [rɪˈfaɪnəri]
How to pronounce refinery in American English:
US [rɪˈfaɪnəri]
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- Noun:
- an industrial plant for purifying a crude substance
Word Origin
- refinery (n.)
- 1727, from refine + -ery. Originally in metallurgy and sugar-making; of petroleum by 1865.
Example
- 1. That seems to be changing with these recent refinery agreements .
- 2. The jewellery is sold to a local refinery .
- 3. The pitch dark was broken only by fires at a burning oil refinery .
- 4. The exports partly reflect refinery outages there .
- 5. China is already building one refinery designed to handle venezuela 's thicker oil .