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

In January, that site accepted the first physical delivery of HALEU feedstock distributed through a DOE supply initiative. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 23 July 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

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