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Definition of Refinery
1. Noun. An industrial plant for purifying a crude substance.
Generic synonyms: Industrial Plant, Plant, Works
Derivative terms: Refine
Definition of Refinery
1. n. The building and apparatus for refining or purifying, esp. metals and sugar.
Definition of Refinery
1. Noun. A building, or a mass of machinery, used to produce refined products such as sugar, oil, or metals. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Refinery
1. a place where crude material is refined [n -ERIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Refinery
Literary usage of Refinery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"The description in that case was as follows: " Said buildings and oil refinery
are situate in the County of Mc- Kean, and Slate of Pennsylvania, ..."
2. The American Petroleum Industry by Raymond Foss Bacon, William Allen Hamor (1916)
"In fact, the authors of handbooks on the petroleum industry have rarely, if ever,
provided the refiner or refinery engineer or the student of petroleum ..."
3. The American Petroleum Industry by Raymond Foss Bacon, William Allen Hamor (1916)
"CHAPTER XIV refinery ENGINEERING In treatises of the usual type devoted to
petroleum technology, complete working drawings, such as will be found in this ..."
4. Energy Policies of the Slovak Republic: 1997 Survey by International Energy Agency (1997)
"This simple refinery sells diesel and fuel oil on the market; ... The primary
distillation capacity of the refinery is about 5.6 million metric tons a year. ..."
5. Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1896)
"ONE of the most interesting professional engagements during the past year has
been the study of conditions obtaining in the large oil refinery of the ..."
6. Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1896)
"ONE of the most interesting professional engagements during the past year has
been the study of conditions obtaining in the large oil refinery of the ..."
7. A Handbook of the Petroleum Industry by David Talbot Day (1922)
"The subject of refining may be divided for systematic presentation into the two
general topics of refinery engineering and refinery operation. ..."
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