feedstock

or feed stock

[ feed-stok ]

noun
  1. raw material for processing or manufacturing industry.

Origin of feedstock

1
First recorded in 1930–35; feed + stock

Words Nearby feedstock

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How to use feedstock in a sentence

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

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