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biorefinery

biorefinery noun: a facility that carries out coproduction of a range of biologically-based products (food, feed, materials, chemicals) and energy (fuels, power, heat) from biomass.

biorefinery: a facility that carries out coproduction of a range of biologically-based products (food, feed,...
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Noun

biorefinery (countable and uncountable, plural biorefineries)

  1. (countable) A facility that carries out coproduction of a range of biologically-based products (food, feed, materials, chemicals) and energy (fuels, power, heat) from biomass.
  2. (uncountable) The coproduction process itself.
    Synonyms:
    biorefining

Synonyms of biorefinery

Forms of biorefinery

pluralbiorefineries

Origin of biorefinery

From bio- + refinery.

Questions about biorefinery

What does biorefinery mean?
Biorefinery means a facility that carries out coproduction of a range of biologically-based products (food, feed, materials, chemicals) and energy (fuels, power, heat) from biomass.
What part of speech is biorefinery?
Biorefinery is a noun.
What is the plural of biorefinery?
The plural of biorefinery is biorefineries.

Words near biorefinery in the dictionary

  1. bioreductively
  2. biorefine
  3. biorefined
  4. biorefinement
  5. biorefineries
  6. biorefinery
  7. biorefines
  8. biorefining
  9. biorefractory
  10. bioregeneration
  11. bioregenerative

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