raw material
Americannoun
noun
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material on which a particular manufacturing process is carried out
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a person or thing regarded as suitable for some particular purpose
raw material for the army
Etymology
Origin of raw material
First recorded in 1790–1800
Example Sentences
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Excluding crude energy products, raw material prices were up 1.1% from July and 17.2% compared with a year earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
They could more readily imagine the bean becoming cattle feed or an industrial raw material – which is exactly how its use evolved, at first.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
Because glucose supplies some of the raw material needed to produce glycoconjugates, the team suspected that changes in glucose metabolism or hyperglycemia might alter how this protective layer is assembled.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026
Condimentum, based at the Food Enterprise Park in Easton, near Norwich, had been keeping Colman's Norwich legacy alive by producing the raw material for the brand.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
You have to control the raw material, she said, or they’ll make you into a clown.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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