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feedstock

/ˈfiːdˌstɒk/

feedstock noun: any bulk raw material constituting the principal input for an industrial process.

Noun

feedstock (countable and uncountable, plural feedstocks)

  1. Any bulk raw material constituting the principal input for an industrial process.
    • Bio-materials may be substituted for petrochemical feedstocks as petroleum prices rise.
    • The filtered extract of the mash is the feedstock for the fermenter.

feedstock meaning in Tamil

feedstock in Tamil

தட்டுத் தீவனம், ஊட்ட இருப்பு

Examples of feedstock in a sentence

  • In 2006, about 6 percent of the world's crude oil production was used in non-energy applications, primarily as a petrochemical feedstock.2009, M.S.Vassiliou, Historical Dictionary of the Petroleum Industry, page 5:
  • A common feedstock, crude oil, is refined into commodities such as gasoline, diesel and propane.2026 August 3, Lydia DePillis, “What Are Companies Getting for All That A.I. Spending?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Forms of feedstock

pluralfeedstocks

Plural of feedstock: feedstocks

Origin of feedstock

From feed + stock.

Words formed from feedstock

Questions about feedstock

What does feedstock mean?
Feedstock means any bulk raw material constituting the principal input for an industrial process.
What is feedstock in Tamil?
Feedstock in Tamil is தட்டுத் தீவனம், ஊட்ட இருப்பு. See Feedstock meaning in Tamil.
How do you use feedstock in a sentence?
In 2006, about 6 percent of the world's crude oil production was used in non-energy applications, primarily as a petrochemical feedstock.
What part of speech is feedstock?
Feedstock is a noun.
How do you pronounce feedstock?
Feedstock is pronounced /ˈfiːdˌstɒk/.
What is the plural of feedstock?
The plural of feedstock is feedstocks.

Words near feedstock in the dictionary

  1. feeds two birds with one scone
  2. feeds up
  3. feedsack
  4. feedsacks
  5. feedscrew
  6. feedstock
  7. feedstocks
  8. feedstore
  9. feedstores
  10. feedstream
  11. feedstreams

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Adapted from Wiktionary: feedstock (page history and authors); feedstock (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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