refinery Hear it!

refinery Definition

re·fin·ery (ri fīnər ē)

noun pl. -·er·ies

an establishment or plant for refining, or purifying, such raw materials as oil, metal, or sugar

Etymology: < refine + -ery, based on Fr raffinerie

refinery Synonyms

refinery

n.

smelting works, oil refinery, sugar refinery; see factory.

refinery Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • blockade: Forget speed cameras & concrete bumps, blockading oil refineries is by far the best traffic calming solution.
  • operate: Our Malaysian client operates a large oil refinery in Malaysia.
  • build: Activity 8 1. How does an oil company decide where to build a refinery?
  • own: Signal owned a refinery in Belgium and a gasoline marketing business there and in Britain using the VIP name.

Adjective modifier

  • large: The BP oil refinery in Texas City is the third largest refinery in the US.
  • huge: This involved a trip through a huge oil refinery.
  • major: West of Bo'ness the south side of the Forth is dominated by the major oil refinery at Grangemouth.
  • big: OTTERS, ORCHIDS AND OIL Wildlife is thriving in the shadow of the country's second biggest oil refinery.
  • new: Here, he finds the perfect site for Mogul's new refinery.

Modifies a noun

  • capacity: The increase in demand for gasoline will give rise to further demands for new refinery capacity.
  • complex: The proposed petrochemical project would be integrated with the existing Ras Tanura refinery complex.
  • worker: Textile workers in Gilan, bus drivers in Tehran, and refinery workers in Abadan all deserve respect.
  • plant: The CPC operates three oil refinery plants with a total refining capacity of 770,000 barrels per day.
  • industry: In the past 10 years the refinery industry has had to respond to five sets of new environmental regulations.

Noun used with modifier

  • oil: The BP oil refinery in Texas City is the third largest refinery in the US.
  • petroleum: A method of biofilm monitoring in the recirculating cooling water system of a petroleum refinery plant.
  • sugar: Ten years later, Abraham Lyle started set up his own sugar refinery.
  • cane: We operate the largest cane sugar refinery in the world, Thames Refinery in London.
  • gasoline: On his conditional release Alireza worked as a mechanical engineer in a gasoline refinery.
  • gas: The same can be said of chemical plants, oil and gas refineries, nuclear power plants.

Browse dictionary entries near refinery

  1. refinement
  2. refined
  3. refine
  4. refinance
  5. refill
  6. referring
  7. referred to
  8. referred pain
  9. referral
  10. referential
  1. refining
  2. refinish
  3. refinished
  4. refit
  5. refl
  6. reflag
  7. reflate
  8. reflation
  9. reflect
  10. reflectance