how to pronounce refinery

/ɹɪˈfaɪ.nəɹ.i/

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refinery is pronounced in four syllables

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ɹɪfaɪnəɹi

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An example use of refinery in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… was off towards the oil refinery classic …”

meanings of refinery

noun:

  1. A building, or a mass of machinery, used to produce refined products such as sugar, oil, or metals.

refinery frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word refinery occurs in english on average 1.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

words that rhyme with refinery

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