refined
adjective
having or showing well-bred feeling, taste, etc..
semirefined
-
a word derived from
refined.
Example Sentences
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Locals call it “The Russian Company” — a tightly guarded plant with shining towers, deep in the desert, that processes mounds of dusty ore into bars of semirefined gold.
From New York Times ● Jun. 5, 2022
Domino’s parent company was already shipping semirefined sugar into the plant instead of the rawer crystals.
From New York Times ● Jul. 4, 2014
The Land Authority tried valiantly, even mechanized sugar loading by a system that blows the semirefined product from trucks or railroad cars., into ships, eliminating bags.
From Time Magazine Archive
