NOUN | artifact | refinery | an industrial plant for purifying a crude substance |
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Sounds | rihfay'neriy | |
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Rhymes | accessory ... worry: 201 rhymes with eriy... |
Meaning | An industrial plant for purifying a crude substance. | |
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Narrower | oil refinery, petroleum refinery | A refinery for petroleum |
sugar refinery | A refinery for sugar | |
Broader | plant, works, industrial plant | buildings for carrying on industrial labor |
Spanish | refinería | |
Catalan | refineria | |
Verbs | refine | treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition |
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