noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Any bulk raw material constituting the principal input for an industrial process.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
Bio-materials may be substituted for petrochemical feedstocks as petroleum prices rise.
The filtered extract of the mash is the feedstock for the fermenter.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
the raw material that is required for some industrial process
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: raw material, staple
History
Etymology
From feed + stock.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
суровина
(surovina)
— raw material constituting the principal input for an industrial process
Finnish:
raaka-aine
— raw material constituting the principal input for an industrial process
Finnish:
syötettävä raaka-aine
— raw material constituting the principal input for an industrial process
German:
Rohstoff
— raw material constituting the principal input for an industrial process
German:
Industrierohstoff
— raw material constituting the principal input for an industrial process
German:
Grundstoff
— raw material constituting the principal input for an industrial process
Hebrew:
חומר גלם
(khomer gélem)
— raw material constituting the principal input for an industrial process
Irish:
bunábhar
— raw material constituting the principal input for an industrial process
Italian:
materia prima
— raw material constituting the principal input for an industrial process
Macedonian:
суровина
(surovina)
— raw material constituting the principal input for an industrial process
Polish:
surowiec
— raw material constituting the principal input for an industrial process
Portuguese:
matéria-prima
— raw material constituting the principal input for an industrial process
Russian:
сырьё
(syrʹjó)
— raw material constituting the principal input for an industrial process
Swedish:
råvara
— raw material constituting the principal input for an industrial process
Tibetan:
བཟོ་ལས་རྒྱུ་ཆ
(bzo las rgyu cha)
— raw material constituting the principal input for an industrial process
