RAW MATERIAL

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing

Synonyms:

raw material; staple

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("raw material" is a kind of...):

material; stuff (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "raw material"):

feedstock (the raw material that is required for some industrial process)

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