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

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

But the company continues to buy foreign crude in dollars for a significant portion of its feedstock. — Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 15 July 2026

The co-located setup is designed to provide a continuous supply of acetylene, the key feedstock used in HydroGraph’s proprietary Hyperion Reactors. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 14 July 2026

What’s exciting is that we’re not locked into any single feedstock. — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 10 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