Definition: 1. In its natural state; not yet changed, used or made into something else. 2. In the natural unprocessed condition. 3. Devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and pure.
Use 'raw' in a sentence:
1. Recycling also reuses valuable raw materials—such as aluminum and paper.
2. The industry relies on the price of raw materials remaining low.
3. Keep the rough edge of the fabric aligned with the raw edge of the piping.
4. Half of it is burned and half of it is raw.
5. He started with nothing but raw talent and determination.
6. The moving belt feeds raw material into the machine.
7. The raw sewage is chemically treated.
8. The raw material for the tyre is a byproduct of oil refining.
9. The sea is coated with a film of raw sewage.
10. Separate the useful fibre from the rest of raw materials.
11. I think women have a raw deal.
12. By the 19th century, vials of laudanum and raw opium were freely available.
13. Her grief was still raw and he did not know how to help her.
14. Recycling also reuses valuable raw materials, such as aluminum and paper.
15. He also wanted to see Bangladesh in the raw.
16. The high cost of raw materials is keeping prices up.
17. Raw bear, cougar, wolf, fox and walrus are also potential carriers.
18. He doesn't eat raw garlic.
19. Exploitable raw materials were in short supply.
20. We cannot guarantee adequate supplies of raw materials.
21. The writer uses her childhood as raw material for this novel.
22. We have had problems with the supply of raw materials to the factory.
23. Raw materials were carried to the works by barge.
24. The country has to import most of its raw materials.
25. The horse's neck was rubbed raw where the rope had been.
26. Raw meat must be kept separate from cooked meat.
27. We will now consider the raw materials from which the body derives energy.
28. This information is only raw data and will need further analysis.
29. These fish are often eaten raw.
30. Older workers often get a raw deal.
31. You grind the onion and the raw cranberries together.
32. It had been a wet raw winter.
33. Most imports into Korea are raw materials and capital goods.
34. Raw materials and labour come by ship, rail or road.
35. Raw materials and labour come by ship , rail or road.
36. Expenditure on the project breaks down as follows: wages $10m, plant $4m, raw materials $5m.
37. There were raw patches on her feet where the shoes had rubbed.
38. Make sure the roast potatoes aren't raw in the middle.
39. All raw materials are subjected to our latest analytical techniques.
40. The skin on her feet had been rubbed raw.
41. Analyses were conducted on the raw data.
42. These trees provide the raw material for high-quality paper.
43. We import raw materials and energy and export mainly industrial products.
44. The raw exam results make no allowance for social background.
45. You touched a raw nerve when you mentioned his first wife.
