raw fibers

American  

plural noun

1. textile fibers, as cotton or wool, or textile filaments, as silk or nylon, that have received no manipulation or treatment.

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Example Sentences

The hardy goats grow soft undercoats renowned for their extreme warmth and light weight, and the Changpas shear the wool and transport it down to the neighboring Kashmir Valley, where families of skilled artisans weave the raw fibers on wooden looms into shimmering shawls, garments and blankets.

From Washington Post

The team made silk ink by breaking down raw fibers into constituent proteins, which the researchers suspended in water.

From Scientific American

First to appear among the inventions that sparked the industrial revolution in textile making was the flying shuttle, then various devices to spin thread and yarn, and lastly machines to card the raw fibers so they could be spun and woven.

From Project Gutenberg

Value of Raw Fibers A comparison of the relative value of textile fibers may be seen from the following approximate prices: Cotton—$.07 to $.14 per pound; loss in cleaning and bleaching 5 per cent.

From Project Gutenberg