Definition of Raw materials

the simple resources or ingredients that make up a more complex object

Examples of Raw materials in a sentence

In the north, factories used the raw materials of plain cotton from the southern cotton fields and manipulated it into a piece of clothing.  🔊

Furniture makers will often take the raw materials of the primitive wood and spend hours and resources making it into a beautiful piece of furniture.  🔊

We would need more expertise to change the raw materials of the bland steel pieces to make it into a gun.  🔊

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