REFINERY
refinery
(noun) an industrial plant for purifying a crude substance
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
refinery (plural refineries)
A building, or a mass of machinery, used to produce refined products such as sugar, oil, or metals.
Source: Wiktionary
Re*fin"er*y (-), n.; pl. Refineries (-. Etym: [Cf. F. raffinerie.]
1. The building and apparatus for refining or purifying, esp. metals and sugar.
2. A furnace in which cast iron is refined by the action of a blast on the molten metal.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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