feedstock

English

Etymology

From feed +‎ stock.

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.

   • 2009, M.S.Vassiliou, Historical Dictionary of the Petroleum Industry‎^[1], page 5:

     In 2006, about 6 percent of the world's crude oil production was used in non-energy applications, primarily as a petrochemical feedstock.

Derived terms

• biofeedstock

Translations

raw material constituting the principal input for an industrial process

• Bulgarian: суровина f (surovina)
• Finnish: raaka-aine (fi), syötettävä raaka-aine
• Irish: bunábhar m
• Macedonian: суровина f (surovina)
• Polish: surowiec (pl) m
• Portuguese: matéria-prima (pt) f
• Russian: сырьё (ru) n (syrʹjó)
• Swedish: råvara (sv) c

Anagrams

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