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Definition of Raw material

1. Noun. Material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing.

Definition of Raw material

1. Noun. A material in its unprocessed, natural state considered usable for manufacture. ¹

2. Noun. (figuratively) Any input to a factory or other installation which processes it. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Raw Material

Literary usage of Raw material

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Shakespeare as a Dramatic Artist: A Popular Illustration of the Principles by Richard Green Moulton (1893)
"A Study in the raw material of the Romantic Drama. I HE starting-point in the treatment of any work of litera- CHAV. I. ture is its position in literary ..."

2. Shakespeare as a Dramatic Artist: A Popular Illustration of the Principles by Richard Green Moulton (1901)
"A Study in the raw material of the Romantic Drama. THE starting-point in the treatment of any work of literature is its position in literary history: the ..."

3. Shakespeare as a Dramatic Artist: A Popular Illustration of the Principles by Richard Green Moulton (1888)
"A Study in the raw material of the Romantic Drama. THE starting-point in the treatment of any work of litera- CHAP. I. ture is its position in literary ..."

4. Principles of Social Science by Henry Charles Carey (1865)
"raw material tends, with the progress of men in wealth and civilization, to rise in price. What, however, is raw material ? In answer to this question, ..."

5. Capital: A Critique of Political Economy by Karl Marx (1906)
"raw material may either form the principal substance of a / product, or it may enter into its formation only as an accessory. An accessory may be consumed ..."

6. Some Leading Principles of Political Economy Newly Expounded by John Elliott Cairnes (1874)
"Those other elements may be summed up under the heads of " Fixed Capital" and " raw material." Fixed Capital, raw material, and Wages-fund, therefore, ..."

7. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"Many of them employ only cotton as a raw material; others use chiefly wool; and still others manufacture what are known as merino knit goods or mixed ..."

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