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What's going to be hard for me is to try to divorce myself as much as possible from what I wrote. I'll have to approach it simply as raw material and try to craft a film script out of it.
Michael Chabon

Meaning of "raw material" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RAW MATERIAL

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RAW MATERIAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Raw material is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RAW MATERIAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Raw material

A raw material or feedstock is basic material used in the production of goods, finished products or intermediate materials that are themselves feedstock for finished products. As feedstock, the term connotes it is a bottleneck asset critical to the production of other products. For example, crude oil is a feedstock raw material providing finished products in the fuel, plastic, industrial chemical and pharmaceutical industries. The term "raw material" is used to denote material is in an unprocessed or minimally processed state; e.g., raw latex, coal, iron ore, logs, crude oil, air or seawater. The use of raw material by non-human species includes twigs and found objects as used by birds to make nests.

Definition of raw material in the English dictionary

The definition of raw material in the dictionary is material on which a particular manufacturing process is carried out. Other definition of raw material is a person or thing regarded as suitable for some particular purpose.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RAW MATERIAL

raw
raw milk
raw milk cheese
raw score
raw sienna
raw silk
Rawalpindi
rawaru
rawboned
rawhead
rawhide
rawhide hammer
rawin
rawinsonde
rawish
Rawlbolt
Rawlplug
rawly
rawmaish
rawness

WORDS THAT END LIKE RAW MATERIAL

aerial
antibacterial
arterial
bacterial
crown imperial
editorial
ferial
genetic material
immaterial
imperial
insulating material
magisterial
managerial
material
ministerial
nanomaterial
offensive material
prime ministerial
reading material
serial
waste material

Synonyms and antonyms of raw material in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «raw material» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RAW MATERIAL

Find out the translation of raw material to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of raw material from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «raw material» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

原料
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

materia prima
570 millions of speakers

English

raw material
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कच्चा माल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المواد الخام
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сырье
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

matéria-prima
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কাঁচামাল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

matière première
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

bahan mentah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Rohstoff
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

原料
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

원료
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bahan mentah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nguyên liệu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மூலப்பொருள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कच्चा माल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hammadde
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

materia prima
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

surowiec
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сировину
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

materie primă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πρώτη ύλη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

rou materiaal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

råvara
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

råmateriale
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of raw material

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RAW MATERIAL»

The term «raw material» is quite widely used and occupies the 24.867 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RAW MATERIAL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «raw material» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «raw material» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about raw material

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10 QUOTES WITH «RAW MATERIAL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word raw material.
1
William S. Burroughs
Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.
2
Michael Chabon
What's going to be hard for me is to try to divorce myself as much as possible from what I wrote. I'll have to approach it simply as raw material and try to craft a film script out of it.
3
Fernando Flores
Hope is the raw material of losers.
4
Theaster Gates
Everything is raw material to me. Land is raw material... I take one form and transform it into other forms.
5
William Ernest Henley
It is the artist's function not to copy but to synthesise: to eliminate from that gross confusion of actuality which is his raw material whatever is accidental, idle, irrelevant, and select for perpetuation that only which is appropriate and immortal.
6
Carl Jung
One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.
7
Chaim Potok
I think most serious writers, certainly in the modern period, use their own lives or the lives of people close to them or lives they have heard about as the raw material for their creativity.
8
Branch Rickey
The greatest untapped reservoir of raw material in the history of our game is the black race.
9
Jose Saramago
I never appreciated 'positive heroes' in literature. They are almost always cliches, copies of copies, until the model is exhausted. I prefer perplexity, doubt, uncertainty, not just because it provides a more 'productive' literary raw material, but because that is the way we humans really are.
10
Hjalmar Schacht
The very necessity of bringing our armament up to a certain level as rapidly as possible must place in the foreground the idea of as large returns as possible in foreign exchange and therewith the greatest possible assurance of raw material supplies, through exporting.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RAW MATERIAL»

Discover the use of raw material in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to raw material and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Raw Material: Producing Pathology in Victorian Culture
This is a complex, empirically rich, reflective and vigorously argued book that will be welcomed by literary critics, by historians of the body and of the nineteenth century, and by anyone engaged with cultural theory.
Erin O'Connor, 2000
2
The Future of Glycerol: New Uses of a Versatile Raw Material
This well-illustrated book, whilst filling a gap in the current literature, is written in a clear, concise style and presents the numerous uses of glycerol as a new raw material.
Mario Pagliaro, Michele Rossi, 2008
3
Input and Evidence: The Raw Material of Second Language ...
Input and Evidence: the raw material of second language acquisition is an empirical and theoretical treatment of one of the essential components of SLA: the input to language learning mechanisms.
Susanne Carroll, 2001
4
Proceedings of the Seminar on Raw Material Preparation for ...
(Allied Imprint)
A. K. Jouhari, 2002
5
The Whole Craft of Spinning: From the Raw Material to the ...
It is a highly creative craft, yet simple to learn, and therein lies both its fascination and challenge. The story of spinning is interwoven with the history of man.
Carol Kroll, 2012
6
Raw material: Eileen Cooper at Dulwich Picture Gallery
Eileen Cooper's year as artist-in-residence at Dulwich.
Eileen Cooper, Dulwich Picture Gallery, Art First (Gallery), 2000
7
Jojoba: New Crop for Arid Lands, New Raw Material for Industry
Descricao botanica, manejo, uso e utilizacao da jojoba para industria. Apresenta seu potencial de producao para regioes aridas.
‎1985
8
Nonwoven Fabrics: Raw Materials, Manufacture, Applications, ...
This book will be the standard reference on nonwovens in the years to come! From the utilization of textile waste to the high-tech product-this is how modern nonwovens can best described.
Wilhelm Albrecht, Hilmar Fuchs, Walter Kittelmann, 2006
9
Raw Material: The Autobiographical Examination of an ...
The Autobiographical Examination of an Artist's Journey Into Maturity. items of misinformation. They were entertaining maps and they were quite correct. As far as America was concerned, we recognized a narrow zone running along the coast ...
‎2008
10
Raw materials for glass and ceramics: sources, processes, ...
Raw Materials for Glass and Ceramics presents all classes of materials, the roles they play, their sources and extraction processes, and quality control issues and regulations impacting the industry, as well as: A thorough description of ...
Christopher W. Sinton, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RAW MATERIAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term raw material is used in the context of the following news items.
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Canada's Raw Material Price Index 4.4% vs. 4.5% forecast
In a report, Statistics Canada said that Canada's Raw Material Price Index rose to 4.4%, from 4.0% in the preceding month whose figure was revised up from ... «Investing.com, Jun 15»
2
Raw material shortages, spiraling prices threaten German plastic …
The reason is that major raw material suppliers currently no longer feel able to meet their contractual obligations toward packaging manufacturers. Deliveries ... «Plastics Today, Apr 15»
3
Budget aims to boost domestic manufacturing with duty cuts in raw
Similarly, basic customs duty is being reduced on certain raw materials used in ... CVD and SAD are being fully exempted on specified raw materials for use in ... «Business Standard, Feb 15»
4
How we can substitute critical raw materials in catalysis, electronics …
'Critical raw materials' are crucial to many European industries but they are vulnerable to scarcity and supply disruption. As such, it is vital that Europe develops ... «Phys.Org, Feb 15»
5
Faurecia says cheaper euro, raw materials will boost profit this year
PARIS French auto parts maker Faurecia said a lower euro and cheaper raw materials would lift profit in 2015 as it posted solid second-half earnings growth on ... «Reuters, Feb 15»
6
Steel: End-use plants hit by raw material shortage in Odisha
With mega industries, mainly steel units facing acute shortage of raw materials, the Odisha government has taken steps to tackle the problem by augmenting ... «Business Standard, Dec 14»
7
Conroy Gold to mine for raw material antimony
Antimony is specified by the European Commission as a critical raw material and a large supply deficit is also forecast by the European Commission. «Irish Times, Dec 14»
8
MYEFO: Opportunities with China beyond raw material sales could …
So again, if less tower blocks are to be needed in the future, this would mean less requirement for steel and, as such, less demand for Australian raw materials. «ABC Online, Dec 14»
9
Using robots to get more food from raw materials
"Generally speaking, it's a major challenge to get a robot to process biological raw materials, because it involves automating a task that is normally performed by ... «Phys.Org, Dec 14»
10
Tata Steel shuts down ferroalloy plant due to shortage of raw material
BHUBANESHWAR: Raw material shortage has forced Tata Steel to shut down one of its ferroalloy plant as the company waits for a renewal of its leases, over ... «Economic Times, Aug 14»

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