feedstock

noun

feed·​stock ˈfēd-ˌstäk 

: raw material supplied to a machine or processing plant

Examples of feedstock in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Can the refinery evaluate a new crude quickly, or even in real time, as feedstock quality starts to shift? — Gregory Shahnovsky, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026

The textile recycler restarted production at its industrial-scale facility in Ortviken, Sweden in February and regrouped with Finnish material innovator Spinnova in March to use its cellulose-rich dissolving pulp as feedstock in Spinnova’s ecosystem to produce new textile fibers. — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 25 June 2026

The wartime disruptions also led to shortages and higher costs of major fertilizers, which are produced using natural gas as a feedstock. — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 19 June 2026

In this system, the end product is formic acid, a chemical that can be stored and later used as a clean fuel or industrial feedstock. — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 14 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1932, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for feedstock

• alcock
• beanstalk
• bedrock
• boardwalk
• catwalk
• cornstalk
• crosswalk
• deadlock
• fetlock
• flintlock
• goshawk
• graywacke