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A material in its unprocessed, natural state considered usable for manufacture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- Petroleum is the raw material refined into various fuels and needed for countless chemicals.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Any physical product serving as input to a factory or other installation which processes it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable
Examples
- The assembly plant's raw materials are finished parts from Asian suppliers.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: staple
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: material, stuff
Narrower terms: feedstock
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
65 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
հումք
(humkʻ)
— material in its unprocessed, natural state
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Azerbaijani:
xammal
— material in its unprocessed, natural state
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Bashkir:
сеймал
(seymal)
— material in its unprocessed, natural state
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Belarusian:
сыраві́на
(syravína)
— material in its unprocessed, natural state
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Bulgarian:
суровина́
(suroviná)
— material in its unprocessed, natural state
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Chinese Mandarin:
原料
(yuánliào)
— material in its unprocessed, natural state
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Chinese Mandarin:
原材料
(yuáncáiliào)
— material in its unprocessed, natural state
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Czech:
surovina
— material in its unprocessed, natural state
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Danish:
råstof
— material in its unprocessed, natural state
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Dutch:
grondstof
— material in its unprocessed, natural state
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Esperanto:
krudaĵo
— material in its unprocessed, natural state
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Faroese:
ráevni
— material in its unprocessed, natural state
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Finnish:
raaka-aine
— material in its unprocessed, natural state
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French:
matière première
— material in its unprocessed, natural state
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Georgian:
ნედლეული
(nedleuli)
— material in its unprocessed, natural state
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German:
Rohstoff
— material in its unprocessed, natural state
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German:
Grundstoff
— material in its unprocessed, natural state
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Hindi:
कच्ची सामग्री
(kaccī sāmagrī)
— material in its unprocessed, natural state
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Hungarian:
nyersanyag
— material in its unprocessed, natural state
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Icelandic:
hráefni
— material in its unprocessed, natural state
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Irish:
amhábhar
— material in its unprocessed, natural state
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Irish:
bunábhar
— material in its unprocessed, natural state
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Italian:
materia prima
— material in its unprocessed, natural state
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Japanese:
原料
(genryō)
— material in its unprocessed, natural state
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Kazakh:
шикізат
(şikızat)
— material in its unprocessed, natural state
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Korean:
원료
(wollyo)
— material in its unprocessed, natural state
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Latvian:
izejviela
— material in its unprocessed, natural state
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Latvian:
izejmateriāls
— material in its unprocessed, natural state
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Macedonian:
суровина
(surovina)
— material in its unprocessed, natural state
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Māori:
rawa taketake
— material in its unprocessed, natural state
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Norwegian Bokmål:
råmateriale
— material in its unprocessed, natural state
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Norwegian Bokmål:
råmaterial
— material in its unprocessed, natural state
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Norwegian Bokmål:
råstoff
— material in its unprocessed, natural state
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
råmateriale
— material in its unprocessed, natural state
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
råstoff
— material in its unprocessed, natural state
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Polish:
surowiec
— material in its unprocessed, natural state
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Portuguese:
matéria-prima
— material in its unprocessed, natural state
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Romanian:
materie primă
— material in its unprocessed, natural state
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Russian:
сырьё
(syrʹjó)
— material in its unprocessed, natural state
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Russian:
необрабо́танный материа́л
(neobrabótannyj materiál)
— material in its unprocessed, natural state
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Serbo-Croatian:
сѝровина
— material in its unprocessed, natural state
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Serbo-Croatian:
sìrovina
— material in its unprocessed, natural state
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Slovak:
surovina
— material in its unprocessed, natural state
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Slovene:
surovina
— material in its unprocessed, natural state
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Spanish:
materia prima
— material in its unprocessed, natural state
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Swedish:
råvara
— material in its unprocessed, natural state
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Swedish:
råmaterial
— material in its unprocessed, natural state
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Telugu:
ముడి సరుకు
(muḍi saruku)
— material in its unprocessed, natural state
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Thai:
วัตถุดิบ
(wát-tù-dìp)
— material in its unprocessed, natural state
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Turkish:
ham madde
— material in its unprocessed, natural state
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Ukrainian:
сировина́
(syrovyná)
— material in its unprocessed, natural state
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Vietnamese:
nguyên liệu
— material in its unprocessed, natural state
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Chinese Mandarin:
原料
(yuánliào)
— input to an installation which processes it
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Chinese Mandarin:
原材料
(yuáncáiliào)
— input to an installation which processes it
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Dutch:
grondstof
— input to an installation which processes it
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Finnish:
raaka-aine
— input to an installation which processes it
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Hindi:
कच्ची सामग्री
(kaccī sāmagrī)
— input to an installation which processes it
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Irish:
amh-
— input to an installation which processes it
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Italian:
materia prima
— input to an installation which processes it
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Macedonian:
суровина
(surovina)
— input to an installation which processes it
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Polish:
surowiec
— input to an installation which processes it
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Portuguese:
matéria-prima
— input to an installation which processes it
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Swedish:
råvara
— input to an installation which processes it
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Swedish:
råmaterial
— input to an installation which processes it
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Thai:
วัตถุดิบ
(wát-tù-dìp)
— input to an installation which processes it