Raw material Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing
    staple.

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  1. 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.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913