feedstock en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈfiːdˌstɒk/
Etymology
From feed + stock.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Any bulk raw material constituting the principal input for an industrial process.
The filtered extract of the mash is the feedstock for the fermenter.
Bio-materials may be substituted for petrochemical feedstocks as petroleum prices rise.
In 2006, about 6 percent of the world's crude oil production was used in non-energy applications, primarily as a petrochemical feedstock.
2009, M.S.Vassiliou, Historical Dictionary of the Petroleum Industry, page 5:Perhaps the closest analogy to how A.I. works as a business expense is petroleum products. A common feedstock, crude oil, is refined into commodities such as gasoline, diesel and propane.
2026 August 3, Lydia DePillis, “What Are Companies Getting for All That A.I. Spending?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| feedstocks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (15)
pt matéria-prima (raw material constituting the principal input for an industrial process) · it materia prima (raw material constituting the principal input for an industrial process) · bg суровина (raw material constituting the principal input for an industrial process) · ru сырьё (raw material constituting the principal input for an industrial process) · fi syötettävä raaka-aine (raw material constituting the principal input for an industrial process) · he חומר גלם (raw material constituting the principal input for an industrial process) · de Industrierohstoff (raw material constituting the principal input for an industrial process) · sv råvara (raw material constituting the principal input for an industrial process) · ga bunábhar (raw material constituting the principal input for an industrial process) · bo བཟོ་ལས་རྒྱུ་ཆ (raw material constituting the principal input for an industrial process) · de Grundstoff (raw material constituting the principal input for an industrial process) · mk суровина (raw material constituting the principal input for an industrial process) · de Rohstoff (raw material constituting the principal input for an industrial process) · fi raaka-aine (raw material constituting the principal input for an industrial process) · pl surowiec (raw material constituting the principal input for an industrial process)