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.

  2. Tom works long hours at the oil refinery.

  3. How safe is the refinery where you work?

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

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

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

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