Tom works long hours at the oil refinery.
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Refinery
//rɪˈfaɪnərɪ//
Synonyms for "refinery" (65 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (20)
Related words (32)
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8 entriesTranslations
41 translations across 31 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مِصْفَاة noun (building used to produce refined products)
Belarusian
2 entries- НПЗ noun (building used to produce refined products)
- нафтаперапрацо́ўчы заво́д noun (building used to produce refined products)
Bulgarian
1 entries- рафине́рия noun (building used to produce refined products)
Catalan
1 entries- refineria noun (building used to produce refined products)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 精煉廠 /精炼厂 noun (building used to produce refined products)
Czech
1 entries- rafinérie noun (building used to produce refined products)
Danish
1 entries- raffinaderi noun (building used to produce refined products)
Dutch
1 entries- raffinaderij noun (building used to produce refined products)
Finnish
1 entries- jalostamo noun (building used to produce refined products)
French
1 entries- raffinerie noun (building used to produce refined products)
German
1 entries- Raffinerie noun (building used to produce refined products)
Greek
1 entries- διυλιστήριο noun (building used to produce refined products)
Hungarian
1 entries- finomító noun (building used to produce refined products)
Indonesian
1 entries- kilang noun (building used to produce refined products)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- پالایِشْگاه noun (building used to produce refined products)
Italian
1 entries- raffineria noun (building used to produce refined products)
Japanese
2 entries- 精錬所 noun (building used to produce refined products)
- 製油所 noun (building used to produce refined products)
Korean
2 entries- 제당소 noun (building used to produce refined products)
- 제유소 noun (building used to produce refined products)
Malay
1 entries- loji penapis noun (building used to produce refined products)
Maltese
1 entries- raffinerija noun (building used to produce refined products)
Polish
1 entries- rafineria noun (building used to produce refined products)
Portuguese
1 entries- refinaria noun (building used to produce refined products)
Romanian
1 entries- rafinărie noun (building used to produce refined products)
Russian
4 entries- НПЗ noun (building used to produce refined products)
- нефтезаво́д noun (building used to produce refined products)
- нефтеперераба́тывающий заво́д noun (building used to produce refined products)
- са́харный заво́д noun (building used to produce refined products)
Sicilian
1 entries- riffinirìa noun (building used to produce refined products)
Spanish
1 entries- refinería noun (building used to produce refined products)
Swedish
1 entries- raffinaderi noun (building used to produce refined products)
Turkish
3 entries- arıtımevi noun (building used to produce refined products)
- rafineri noun (building used to produce refined products)
- tasfiyehane noun (building used to produce refined products)
Ukrainian
2 entries- НПЗ noun (building used to produce refined products)
- нафтопереро́бний заво́д noun (building used to produce refined products)
Volapük
2 entries- juegirafinükamöp noun (building used to produce refined products)
- rafinükamöp noun (building used to produce refined products)
Welsh
1 entries- purfa noun (building used to produce refined products)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
How safe is the refinery where you work?
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What's Algeria's largest refinery?
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Relax, the refinery isn't going to blow up because of some small earthquake.
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