Phrase guide

oil refinery

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a refinery for petroleum

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: petroleum refinery

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: refinery

History

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Across languages

Translations

72 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: rafineri nafte — industrial process plant
  • Arabic: مِصْفَاة نِفْط (miṣfāt nifṭ) — industrial process plant
  • Arabic: مِصْفَاة نَفْط (miṣfāt nafṭ) — industrial process plant
  • Armenian: նավթավերամշակման գործարան (navtʻaveramšakman gorcaran) — industrial process plant
  • Azerbaijani: nefttəmizləyən zavod — industrial process plant
  • Azerbaijani: nefttəmizləmə müəssisəsi — industrial process plant
  • Azerbaijani: neftayırma zavodu — industrial process plant
  • Azerbaijani: neft emalı zavodu — industrial process plant
  • Belarusian: нафтаперапрацо́ўчы заво́д (naftapjerapracówčy zavód) — industrial process plant
  • Belarusian: НПЗ (NPZ) — industrial process plant
  • Bengali: তেল শোধনাগার (tel śōdhnagar) — industrial process plant
  • Bulgarian: петро́лна рафине́рия (petrólna rafinérija) — industrial process plant
  • Bulgarian: не́фтена рафине́рия (néftena rafinérija) — industrial process plant
  • Catalan: refineria de petroli — industrial process plant
  • Catalan: planta petroquímica — industrial process plant
  • Chinese Mandarin: 煉油廠 /炼油厂 (liànyóuchǎng) — industrial process plant
  • Czech: ropná rafinerie — industrial process plant
  • Danish: olieraffinaderi — industrial process plant
  • Dutch: olieraffinaderij — industrial process plant
  • Estonian: naftatöötlustehas — industrial process plant
  • Finnish: öljynjalostamo — industrial process plant
  • French: raffinerie de pétrole — industrial process plant
  • Georgian: ნავთობგადამამუშავებელი ქარხანა (navtobgadamamušavebeli karxana) — industrial process plant
  • German: Erdölraffinerie — industrial process plant
  • German: Ölraffinerie — industrial process plant
  • Greek: διυλιστήριο πετρελαίου (diylistírio petrelaíou) — industrial process plant
  • Hebrew: בית זיקוק לנפט (beyt zikúk le-néft) — industrial process plant
  • Hindi: तेल शोधनागार (tel śodhnāgār) — industrial process plant
  • Hindi: तेल रिफ़ाइनरी (tel rifāinrī) — industrial process plant
  • Hungarian: kőolajfinomító — industrial process plant
  • Hungarian: olajfinomító — industrial process plant
  • Icelandic: olíuhreinsistöð — industrial process plant
  • Indonesian: kilang minyak — industrial process plant
  • Italian: raffineria di petrolio — industrial process plant
  • Japanese: 製油所 (seiyujo) — industrial process plant
  • Japanese: 石油精製 (sekiyu seisei) — industrial process plant
  • Kazakh: мұнай өңдеу зауыты (mūnai öñdeu zauyty) — industrial process plant
  • Korean: 제유소 (jeyuso) — industrial process plant
  • Korean: 정유 공장 (jeong'yu gongjang) — industrial process plant
  • Kyrgyz: мунай иштетүүчү завод (munay iştetüücü zavod) — industrial process plant
  • Latvian: naftas pārstrādes rūpnīca — industrial process plant
  • Lithuanian: naftos perdirbimo gamykla — industrial process plant
  • Macedonian: рафинерија за нафта (rafinerija za nafta) — industrial process plant
  • Malay: loji penapis minyak — industrial process plant
  • Mongolian: нефть боловсруулах үйлдвэр (neftʹ bolovsruulax üjldver) — industrial process plant
  • Mongolian: газрын тос боловсруулах үйлдвэр (gazryn tos bolovsruulax üjldver) — industrial process plant
  • Norwegian Bokmål: oljeraffineri — industrial process plant
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: oljeraffineri — industrial process plant
  • Iranian Persian: پالایِشْگاهِ نَفْت (pâlâyešgâh-e naft) — industrial process plant
  • Polish: rafineria ropy naftowej — industrial process plant
  • Portuguese: refinaria de petróleo — industrial process plant
  • Romanian: rafinărie de petrol — industrial process plant
  • Russian: нефтеперераба́тывающий заво́д (neftepererabátyvajuščij zavód) — industrial process plant
  • Russian: НПЗ (NPZ) — industrial process plant
  • Serbo-Croatian: рафинерија нафте — industrial process plant
  • Serbo-Croatian: rafinerija nafte — industrial process plant
  • Slovak: ropná rafinéria — industrial process plant
  • Slovene: rafinerija nafte — industrial process plant
  • Spanish: refinería de petróleo — industrial process plant
  • Swedish: oljeraffinaderi — industrial process plant
  • Tajik: заводи коркарди нефт (zavod-i korkard-i neft) — industrial process plant
  • Thai: โรงกลั่นน้ํามัน (roong-glàn-nám-man) — industrial process plant
  • Turkish: petrol rafinerisi — industrial process plant
  • Turkmen: nebiti gaýtadan işleýän zawod — industrial process plant
  • Ukrainian: нафтопереро́бний заво́д (naftopereróbnyj zavód) — industrial process plant
  • Ukrainian: НПЗ (NPZ) — industrial process plant
  • Urdu: تیل صاف کَرْنے کا کارْخانَہ (tel sāf karne kā kārxāna) — industrial process plant
  • Urdu: آئِل رِیفائِنَری (āil rīfāinarī) — industrial process plant
  • Urdu: تیل رِیفائِنَری (tel rīfāinarī) — industrial process plant
  • Uyghur: نېفىت ئايرىش زاۋۇتى (nëfit ayrish zawuti) — industrial process plant
  • Uzbek: neftni qayta ishlash zavodi — industrial process plant
  • Vietnamese: nhà máy lọc dầu — industrial process plant