refinery Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an industrial plant for purifying a crude substance

WordNet

Re*fin"er*y noun
Etymology
Cf. F. raffinerie.
Wordforms
plural Refineries
Definitions
  1. The building and apparatus for refining or purifying, esp. metals and sugar.
  2. A furnace in which cast iron is refined by the action of a blast on the molten metal.

Webster 1913