refiner
/rɪˈfaɪnər/
noun
- A person, company, or machine that removes impurities from a substance, especially in the production of metals, oil, or sugar.
- The oil refiner processed thousands of barrels of crude oil each day.
- As a gold refiner, her job was to purify the metal to 99.9% purity.
- The sugar refiner used a series of filters to remove impurities from the raw cane juice.
- A person or thing that improves something by making it more precise, elegant, or effective.
- The software's spell-check tool is a useful refiner of written work.
- She was known as a refiner of teaching methods, always finding ways to make lessons clearer.
- The editor acted as a refiner of the author's rough draft, polishing the language.
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