refiner

refiner

English

Etymology

    From refine + -er.

    Noun

    refiner (plural refiners)

    1. One who, or that which, refines.
      • 2012 May 19, Bruce Nichols, “Seaway pipeline sends oil to Texas in historic reversal”, in Reuters[1]:
        The average motorist will not see much, if any, difference in gasoline pump price but oil producers and Gulf Coast refiners expect profits to improve.
      • 2016, Rosemarie Withee, Ken Withee, Jennifer Reed, Office 365 For Dummies, page 101:
        You can think of a search refiner as a filter. Your search for a broad topic might return hundreds of possible results. The refiner allows you to filter this information down based on the configured criteria.

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