| 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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