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