refiner
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5.6
- noun
- /rɪˈfaɪnər/
- Specialized
:
refinador
- After the extraction of crude oil, the refiner's job is to purify it for consumer use.
- petroleum refiners
- oil refiners
- refiners and producers
So unlike like other refiners, none of the oil or waste products were dumped.
- So unlike like other refiners, none of the oil or waste products were dumped.
Examples
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Figure 1 shows the refiner's acquisition cost of US domestic and imported oil from 1968 to 1995.
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In many cases, refiners are switching to ethanol as a replacement.
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China is now the world's fifth largest oil producer as well as refiner of petroleum products.
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So unlike like other refiners, none of the oil or waste products were dumped.
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There was a meeting of the Corn Refiners Association in Florida last week.
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As production has fallen, the proportion sold to West Coast refiners has risen, and sales to alternative markets have declined.
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The upstream sector is affected by a second cycle, which is dependent on refiners' demand for crude.
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European refiners are looking to solve this problem by switching refining technologies.
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AB 32's carbon reduction goals will apply to manufacturers and refiners like Tesoro in Wilmington.
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Chevron, one of the largest petroleum refiners in the United States, operates six gasoline-producing refineries, including one in Richmond, Calif.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
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3.5
A machine that cleans water or air by removing harmful substances
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5.3
A maker that uses heating and cooling to make alcoholic drinks or liquids pure
A person or thing that removes unwanted parts to make something clean
A person or machine that removes unwanted things using a filter
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Etymology
Refiner comes from the verb refine, which joins re- 'again' and fine 'pure' or 'good', so it literally means someone who makes something pure again. That's why a refiner removes unwanted parts to make sugar, oil, or metal clean and usable.