Petroleum is the raw material refined into various fuels and needed for countless chemicals.
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Raw material
Synonyms for "raw material" (47 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (14)
Related words (23)
Noun(8 words)
Adjective(7 words)
raw ingredientsstarting materialuncooked itemunfabricated materialunmodified materialunprepared materialunshaped material
Determiner(1 words)
whole material
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11 entriesraw material costraw material inputraw material inventoryraw material stockraw material supplierraw-material costraw-material inputsraw-material samplesraw-material stockraw-material supplyraw-material testing
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3 entriesraw materialsrawer materialrawest material
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The three main firms […] are increasing their output capacity and it is estimated that by 1964-5 railborne traffic will be about a third greater than the 1960 figure, reaching a total of something like 13½ million tons per annum, of which some 70 per cent will be inwards raw materials for these firms.
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The assembly plant's raw materials are finished parts from Asian suppliers.
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Teams will place all their unassembled raw materials and tools in the competition area along with two provided 5-gallon buckets of contaminated water and two provided stirring sticks.
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