catalytic cracker

1. 1.

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

   Synonymscat cracker

   Broaderchemical reactor

   Part ofoil refinery

Questions about catalytic cracker

What does catalytic cracker mean?

catalytic cracker means "a chemical reactor for converting oils with high boiling points into fuels with lower boiling points in the presence of a catalyst".

What is another word for catalytic cracker?

Close synonyms include cat cracker. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is catalytic cracker a common word?

catalytic cracker is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.