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raw material definition

raw material

  1. material still in its natural or original state, before processing or manufacture
  2. anything that is capable of being processed, converted, changed, etc. to produce something else her personal experiences could provide the raw material for a really good novel

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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