feedstock

or feed stock

[ feed-stok ]

noun

1. raw material for processing or manufacturing industry.

feedstock

/ ˈfiːdˌstɒk /

noun

1. the main raw material used in the manufacture of a product

Word History and Origins

Origin of feedstock¹

First recorded in 1930–35; feed + stock

Example Sentences

Worldwide logistics issues are a factor, but more marginal in the supply question when the determining factor is the ability to convert feedstock to product and bolster the supply chain.

From Time

No longer was it just a dirty industrial feedstock—now it was the fuel of the future.

From Time

Many of her lab’s projects focus on replacing petroleum as a feedstock.

From MIT Technology Review

Instead, we could rely on the existing natural gas and electricity infrastructure to transport the feedstock for making clean hydrogen—electricity and methane—to smaller local hydrogen generation facilities.

From Singularity Hub 

That ranges from pumping it into greenhouses to boost vegetable yields to using it as a feedstock for carbon-neutral fuels.

From Singularity Hub 

Then he suggested an improvement to the feedstock pump that increased the mean time between failures by a couple hours.

From Project Gutenberg