Definitions
Industrial plant for purifying oil or another crude substance.
Word origin
From refine + -ry.
Used in a sentence
“Pipeable products may be moved from refinery centers to demand zones by truck, barge, intercoastal tanker or pipeline.”
“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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Crude purifier”8 letters
02“oil plant”8 letters
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