Dictionary

refinery en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /rɪˈfaɪnərɪ/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English fine English refine Middle English -re, -ri, -rie, -ry, -rye English -ry English refinery From refine + -ry.

Meanings

1. A building, or a mass of machinery, used to produce refined products such as sugar, oil, or metals.
   • Hsu’s division is responsible for CPC’s two main facilities, the oil refinery in Kaohsiung’s Siaogang District (小港) and the refinery in Taoyuan’s Gueishan District (龜山), which together process 600,000 barrels of crude oil per day, a report released last year by CPC said. 2022 January 28, Jason Pan, “CPC division head suspected of bribery”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Jan 2022, Taiwan News, page 2:
   • An oil field was discovered at Karamai in 1955, the first of a number to be found in Dzungaria. This oil find has greatly helped China’s industrial development, and the oil fields are now linked to Lanchow by pipeline and by rail. Large refineries have been built at Lanchow and at Tushantzu in Dzungaria. 1971, Robert Clayton, “Sinkiang”, in China (Finding Out About GEOGRAPHY), New York: John Day Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 12, column 1:
   • On orders from Beijing, state-controlled enterprises have dismantled Baotou refineries and rebuilt them at an enormous mining complex at Bayan Obo in the Gobi Desert, which mines about half the world’s rare earths. 2013 October 22, Keith Bradsher, “China Tries to Clean Up Toxic Legacy of Its Rare Earth Riches”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Mar 2022, International Business:
   • Pipeable products may be moved from refinery centers to demand zones by truck, barge, intercoastal tanker or pipeline. 1974, United States Congress Senate Committee on Commerce, Deepwater Port Act of 1973: joint hearings:

Forms

Deriveds

biorefinery · electrorefinery · oil refinery

Relateds

refinement · refine

Translations (42)

it raffineria (building used to produce refined products) · el διυλιστήριο (building used to produce refined products) · be НПЗ (building used to produce refined products) · ru нефтеперераба́тывающий заво́д (building used to produce refined products) · nl raffinaderij (building used to produce refined products) · ru НПЗ (building used to produce refined products) · tr arıtımevi (building used to produce refined products) · bg рафине́рия (building used to produce refined products) · ota قالخانه (building used to produce refined products) · fi jalostamo (building used to produce refined products) · uk нафтопереро́бний заво́д (building used to produce refined products) · ja 製油所 (building used to produce refined products) · sv raffinaderi (building used to produce refined products) · pl rafineria (building used to produce refined products) · fa-ira پالایِشْگاه (building used to produce refined products) · be нафтаперапрацо́ўчы заво́д (building used to produce refined products) · id kilang (building used to produce refined products) · cy purfa (building used to produce refined products) · scn riffinirìa (building used to produce refined products) · ja 精錬所 (building used to produce refined products) · vo rafinükamöp (building used to produce refined products) · uk НПЗ (building used to produce refined products) · ru нефтезаво́д (building used to produce refined products) · cmn 精煉廠 /精炼厂 (building used to produce refined products) · ca refineria (building used to produce refined products) · ar مِصْفَاة (building used to produce refined products) · cs rafinérie (building used to produce refined products) · ko 제당소 (building used to produce refined products) · da raffinaderi (building used to produce refined products) · hu finomító (building used to produce refined products) · pt refinaria (building used to produce refined products) · vo juegirafinükamöp (building used to produce refined products) · mt raffinerija (building used to produce refined products) · tr tasfiyehane (building used to produce refined products) · ko 제유소 (building used to produce refined products) · fr raffinerie (building used to produce refined products) · de Raffinerie (building used to produce refined products) · es refinería (building used to produce refined products) · ms loji penapis (building used to produce refined products) · tr rafineri (building used to produce refined products) · ru са́харный заво́д (building used to produce refined products) · ro rafinărie (building used to produce refined products)