Meaning

1 senses
  1. A building, or a mass of machinery, used to produce refined products such as sugar, oil, or metals.

    Raffinerie

    нефтеперераба́тывающий заво́дneftepererabátyvajuščij zavód, НПЗNPZ, нефтезаво́дneftezavód

    нафтопереро́бний заво́дnaftopereróbnyj zavód, НПЗNPZ

More definitions
  • an industrial plant for purifying a crude substance

Examples

7 sentences
  1. Algeria owns many oil and gas refineries.

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  2. Tom works long hours at the oil refinery.

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  3. How safe is the refinery where you work?

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  4. Relax, the refinery isn't going to blow up because of some small earthquake.

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  5. Do you really believe them that they're finally going to close the refinery?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
building used to produce refined products:
Русский
By meaning 1
building used to produce refined products:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
building used to produce refined products:

Forms

plural: refineries
Singularrefinery
Pluralrefineries

regular

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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