Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oil refinery

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.48 in modern English

Syllables: oil re-fin-ery
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An industrial process plant where crude oil is processed and refined into useful petroleum products.

Inflected Forms

oil refineries (plural)

Synonyms

petroleum refinery

Questions

What does oil refinery mean?: An industrial process plant where crude oil is processed and refined into useful petroleum products.

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