Refinery Definition

rĭ-fīnə-rē
refineries
noun
An establishment or plant for refining, or purifying, such raw materials as oil, metal, or sugar.
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Noun

Singular:
refinery
Plural:
refineries

Refinery Sentence Examples

  • A refinery was attached to the London Mint from 1816 to 1851, but was then let on lease and left to private enterprise.

  • This involved a trip through a huge oil refinery.

  • There is one large refinery at Villa del Mar, however, which imports raw cane sugar from Peru for refining.

  • The BP oil refinery in Texas City is the third largest refinery in the US.

  • The CPC operates three oil refinery plants with a total refining capacity of 770,000 barrels per day.

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Words Starting With

RREREF

Words Ending With

YRYERY

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Words Starting With R and Ending With Y

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