refinery
noun
re·fin·ery
ri-ˈfī-nə-rē 
-ˈfīn-rē
plural refineries
: a building and equipment for refining or processing something (such as oil or sugar)
Examples of refinery in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Beyond the highway, a smokestack at a nearby oil refinery billowed toxins.
—
Megan Kimble, New York Times, 31 May 2024
Over the past six years, energy nationalist President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has prioritized CFE, which largely burns fuel oil, a residual waste product Pemex refineries are producing, to generate electricity.
—Stefanie Eschenbacher, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 May 2024
The Suncor refinery provides about one-third of the gasoline used in Colorado.
—Noelle Phillips, The Denver Post, 28 May 2024
Domino Sugar, which has a refinery on the Inner Harbor in Baltimore’s Locust Point, posted on Facebook that the sugar barge Jonathan, which regularly delivers shipments of raw sugar to the refinery, returned Wednesday using the 20-foot navigation channel.
—Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 25 Apr. 2024
See all Example Sentences for refinery 
Megan Kimble, New York Times, 31 May 2024
Over the past six years, energy nationalist President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has prioritized CFE, which largely burns fuel oil, a residual waste product Pemex refineries are producing, to generate electricity.
—Stefanie Eschenbacher, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 May 2024
The Suncor refinery provides about one-third of the gasoline used in Colorado.
—Noelle Phillips, The Denver Post, 28 May 2024
Domino Sugar, which has a refinery on the Inner Harbor in Baltimore’s Locust Point, posted on Facebook that the sugar barge Jonathan, which regularly delivers shipments of raw sugar to the refinery, returned Wednesday using the 20-foot navigation channel.
—Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 25 Apr. 2024
See all Example Sentences for refinery
These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'refinery.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Dictionary Entries Near refinery
Cite this Entry
“Refinery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/refinery. Accessed 8 Jun. 2024.
Copy CitationKids Definition
refinery
noun
re·fin·ery
ri-ˈfīn-(ə-)rē
plural refineries
: a building and equipment for refining metals, oil, or sugar
Love words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share