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NATURAL RESOURCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Resources (actual and potential) supplied by nature
Synonyms:
natural resource; natural resources
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("natural resource" is a kind of...):
resource (available source of wealth; a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when needed)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "natural resource"):
land resources (natural resources in the form of arable land)
mineral resources (natural resources in the form of minerals)
renewable resource (any natural resource (as wood or solar energy) that can be replenished naturally with the passage of time)
