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feedstock

or feed stock

[feed-stok]
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noun
  1. raw material for processing or manufacturing industry.
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Origin of feedstock

First recorded in 1930–35; feed + stock
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Historical Examples

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

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    Cory Doctorow

British Dictionary definitions for feedstock

feedstock

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