Synonyms for refinery
rɪˈfaɪ nə rire·fin·e·ry

Princeton's WordNet

1. refinerynoun

   an industrial plant for purifying a crude substance

Matched Categories

1. • Plant

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:3.7 / 3 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "refinery":

   refining, refineries, refiner, strainer, refinement, refiners, smelter

How to pronounce refinery?

How to say refinery in sign language?

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How to use refinery in a sentence?

1. Jorge Andrs Castaeda:

   Now that is even more unlikely, no one has ever built a refinery of that size in three years.

2. Tom Kloza:

   If I were in a refinery meeting in the next 60 days, there's no question I would say, 'Let's make as much gasoline as possible,'.

3. Wills Rangel:

   The massive resignations are worrying, in refinery operations, many have left.

4. Director Gautam Roy:

   We have shut down the entire refinery from last night due to heavy rains and floods.

5. John Kilduff:

   The decline in refinery utilization is also bearish for crude oil price, since any diminution in demand will cause the recent trend of crude oil inventory declines to reverse.