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Refinery

A building, or a mass of machinery, used to produce refined products such as sugar, oil, or metals.

📖 Definitions of "Refinery"

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A building, or a mass of machinery, used to produce refined products such as sugar, oil, or metals.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Refinery"

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foundrynoun	A facility that melts metals in special furnaces and pours the molten metal into molds to make products. Foundries are usually specified according to the type of metal dealt with: iron foundry, brass foundry, etc.
smeltingnoun	(metallurgy) The process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore.
petroleumnoun	A flammable liquid ranging in color from clear to very dark brown and black, consisting mainly of hydrocarbons, occurring naturally in deposits under the Earth's surface.
smelternoun	A place where smelting is done.
strainernoun	A device through which a liquid is passed for purification, filtering or separation from solid matter; anything (including a screen or a cloth) used to strain a liquid.
oilnoun	Petroleum-based liquid used as fuel or lubricant.
millnoun	A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc. (Some are small and simple, and some are large and complex.)
purificationnoun	The act or process of purifying; the removal of impurities.
refinementnoun	The act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material
admiralnoun	(military) A high rank in the British and American Navies, NATO grade OF-9, equivalent ranks in other navies, in coast guards, etc.
plantnoun	(botany) An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis. Typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a tree.
factorynoun	A building or other place where manufacturing takes place.
refiningnoun	Refinement (process of refining)
stagenoun	A phase.
facilitynoun	The physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a public service) possible; the required equipment, infrastructure, location etc.
refinernoun	One who, or that which, refines.
refinersnoun	One who, or that which, refines.
worksnoun	(with "the") Everything or everything that is available or possible; especially, all available toppings on food.
distillerynoun	A place where distillation takes place, especially the distillation of alcoholic spirits.
complexnoun	Made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple.