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

Power-to-liquids takes flight Unlike conventional sustainable aviation fuels that rely on biological feedstocks, Infinium’s eSAF uses waste carbon dioxide and renewable electricity. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2026

The $104 million expansion is deliberately sized to process monazite from the company’s Donald Project joint venture in Australia, expected to deliver 8,500 to 9,500 tons of concentrate per year starting in 2028, plus third-party feedstocks. — David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

As of 2024, around 12 percent of polyester came from recycled PET, with plastic bottles representing 98 percent of the feedstocks, according to Textile Exchange. — Sarah Jones, Footwear News, 21 July 2026

These include dissolution, which uses solvents to recover polystyrene as pellets, and pyrolysis, which heats mixed plastic waste in low oxygen to produce oil-like feedstocks for new plastic. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 16 July 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