feedstock

or feed stock

[ feed-stok ]

/ ˈfidˌstɒk /

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noun

raw material for processing or manufacturing industry.

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Origin of feedstock

First recorded in 1930–35; feed + stock

Words nearby feedstock

feeding frenzy, feed-in tariff, feedlot, feed one's face, feed someone a line, feedstock, feedstuff, feed the kitty, feedthrough, feedwater, fee-for-service

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How to use feedstock in a sentence

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.
8 Top CEOs Give Their Predictions for the Wild Year Ahead|Ayesha Javed|January 2, 2022|Time
No longer was it just a dirty industrial feedstock—now it was the fuel of the future.
Fossil Fuel Companies Say Hydrogen Made From Natural Gas Is a Climate Solution. But the Tech May Not Be Very Green|Alejandro de la Garza|September 22, 2021|Time
Many of her lab’s projects focus on replacing petroleum as a feedstock.
Building a better chemical factory—out of microbes|Leigh Buchanan|August 24, 2021|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.
Scientists Just Laid Out a Game Plan for Building a Clean Hydrogen Economy|Edd Gent|August 16, 2021|Singularity Hub

That ranges from pumping it into greenhouses to boost vegetable yields to using it as a feedstock for carbon-neutral fuels.
Elon Musk’s $100 Million Carbon Capture Push|Edd Gent|February 1, 2021|Singularity Hub
Then he suggested an improvement to the feedstock pump that increased the mean time between failures by a couple hours.
Makers|Cory Doctorow

British Dictionary definitions for feedstock

feedstock

/ (ˈfiːdˌstɒk) /

noun

the main raw material used in the manufacture of a product

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