raw material

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noun
  1. material before being processed or manufactured into a final form.

Origin of raw material

1
First recorded in 1790–1800

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British Dictionary definitions for raw material

raw material

noun
  1. material on which a particular manufacturing process is carried out

  2. a person or thing regarded as suitable for some particular purpose: raw material for the army

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