"biorefinery" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: biorefineries [plural]
Etymology: bio- + refinery Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|bio|refinery}} bio- + refinery Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} biorefinery (countable and uncountable, plural biorefineries)
  1. (uncountable) The coproduction of a range of biologically-based products (food, feed, materials, chemicals) and energy (fuels, power, heat) from biomass. Tags: uncountable Translations (the coproduction of a range of biologically-based products and energy from biomass): bithscaglann [feminine] (Irish)
    Sense id: en-biorefinery-en-noun-ATWSAGs1 Disambiguation of 'the coproduction of a range of biologically-based products and energy from biomass': 91 9
  2. (countable) A facility that carries out such production. Tags: countable Translations (a facility that carries out such production): bioraffinerie [feminine] (French), bithscaglann [feminine] (Irish), bioraffineria [feminine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-biorefinery-en-noun-3SWHbQX5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with bio- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with bio-: 35 65 Disambiguation of 'a facility that carries out such production': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: biorefining

Inflected forms

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