FEEDSTOCK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does feedstock mean? 

• FEEDSTOCK (noun)
  The noun FEEDSTOCK has 1 sense:

1. the raw material that is required for some industrial process

  Familiarity information: FEEDSTOCK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FEEDSTOCK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The raw material that is required for some industrial process

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("feedstock" is a kind of...):

raw material; staple (material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing)

 Context examples 

The generated hydrogen could serve as both a transportation fuel and a critical feedstock for fertilizer and chemical production.

(Promising new solar-powered path to hydrogen fuel production, National Science Foundation)

This species is motile, sporulating and produces acetone, butanol and ethanol in fermentation systems using maize mash, molasses, and other feedstocks.

(Clostridium acetobutylicum, NCI Thesaurus)

Instead of being buried underground, the solid carbon produced by the method could be used as a fuel source or as feedstock, as the element is in other carbon utilization approaches.

(Scientists Turn CO2 into Solid Coal, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)