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REFINER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does refiner mean?
• REFINER (noun)
The noun REFINER has 1 sense:
1. one whose work is to refine a specific thing
Familiarity information: REFINER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One whose work is to refine a specific thing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Context example:
he was a sugar refiner
Hypernyms ("refiner" is a kind of...):
skilled worker; skilled workman; trained worker (a worker who has acquired special skills)
Derivation:
refine (improve or perfect by pruning or polishing)
refine (reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities)
refine (treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition)
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