Definition of Cat cracker

1. Noun. A chemical reactor for converting oils with high boiling points into fuels with lower boiling points in the presence of a catalyst.

Exact synonyms: Catalytic Cracker
Generic synonyms: Chemical Reactor
Group relationships: Oil Refinery, Petroleum Refinery

Definition of Cat cracker

1. Noun. catalytic cracker ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cat Cracker

cat-nip
cat-o'-nine-tails
cat-scratch disease
cat-scratch fever
cat-witted
cat and dog life
cat and mouse
cat and rat
cat bear
cat box
cat boxes
cat burglar
cat burglars
cat chow
cat cracker (current term)
cat diseases
cat distemper virus
cat fancier
cat flap
cat flaps
cat flea
cat food
cat got someone's tongue
cat hole
cat house
cat in the meal-tub
cat in the meal tub
cat in the sack
cat ladies

Literary usage of Cat cracker

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"The tremendous fluid cat cracker of today has a look of inevitability, but, if the men had not seen the Winkler gasifier, how long might it have been before ..."

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