raw material
noun
material before being processed or manufactured into a final form.
Origin of raw material
First recorded in 1790–1800
Words nearby raw material
ravishment,
raw,
raw bar,
raw deal,
raw fibers,
raw material,
raw milk,
raw score,
raw sienna,
raw silk,
raw umber
Example sentences from the Web for raw material
Let the reader now forgive me; and think sometimes what probably my raw-material was!
History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. I. (of XXI.) |Thomas Carlyle
British Dictionary definitions for raw material
raw material
noun
material on which a particular manufacturing process is carried out
a person or thing regarded as suitable for some particular purpose
raw material for the army