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English Dictionary: refinery by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
refinery
n
  1. an industrial plant for purifying a crude substance
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Refinery \Re*fin"er*y\ (-?), n.; pl. {Refineries} (-[?]z). [Cf.
      F. raffinerie.]
      1. The building and apparatus for refining or purifying, esp.
            metals and sugar.
  
      2. A furnace in which cast iron is refined by the action of a
            blast on the molten metal.
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