material \mate"rial\, n.
   the substance or matter of which anything is made or may be
   made.
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   raw material, any crude, unfinished, or elementary
      materials that are adapted to use only by processes of
      skilled labor. cotton, wool, ore, logs, etc., are raw
      material.
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see also:
raw material 

raw \raw\ radd, a. compar. rawer radd"~er; superl.
   rawest. as. hre'aw; akin to d. raauw, lg. rau, g. roh,
   ohg. r=o, icel. hr=ar, dan. raa, sw. ra, l. crudus,
   gr. kre`as flesh, skr. kravis raw flesh. root18. cf.
   crude, cruel.
   1. not altered from its natural state; not prepared by the
      action of heat; as, raw sienna; specifically, not cooked;
      not changed by heat to a state suitable for eating; not
      done; as, raw meat.
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   2. hence: unprepared for use or enjoyment; immature; unripe;
      unseasoned; inexperienced; unpracticed; untried; as, raw
      soldiers; a raw recruit.
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            approved himself to the raw judgment of the
            multitude.                            --de quincey.
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   3. not worked in due form; in the natural state; untouched by
      art; unwrought. specifically:
      a not distilled; as, raw water. obs. --bacon.
      b not spun or twisted; as, raw silk or cotton.
      c not mixed or diluted; as, raw spirits.
      d not tried; not melted and strained; as, raw tallow.
      e not tanned; as, raw hides.
      f not trimmed, covered, or folded under; as, the raw
          edge of a piece of metal or of cloth.
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   4. not covered; bare. specifically:
      a bald. obs. "with skull all raw." --spenser
      b deprived of skin; galled; as, a raw sore.
      c sore, as if by being galled.
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                and all his sinews waxen weak and raw
                through long imprisonment.        --spenser.
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   5. disagreeably damp or cold; chilly; bleak; as, a raw wind.
      "a raw and gusty day." --shak.
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   raw material, material that has not been subjected to a
      specified process of manufacture; as, ore is the raw
      material used in smelting; leather is the raw material of
      the shoe industry.

   raw pig, cast iron as it comes from the smelting furnace.
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see also:
rawer rawest crude cruel raw material raw pig 

raw material
     n : material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing syn:
         staple
see also:
staple