Meaning

3 senses

  1. Unprocessed, rough.

  2. (idiomatic)In the natural state; in real life.

  3. (euphemistic, idiomatic)Naked.

Examples

5 sentences

  1. We're a country poor in raw materials.

    DJ_Saidez · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · A2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. Japan is lacking in raw materials.

    deJapan ist arm an Rohstoffen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

    sundown · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · A2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. Canada is rich in raw lumber.

    AlanF_US · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  4. The most critical conversations and discussions in life involve numbers in context rather than raw numbers.

    MaryJ · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  5. Salmonella is very common in raw eggs, so it's important not to eat them like that.

    Leglaine · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Origin

Ellipsis of in the raw state.

Ellipsis of in the raw state.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Synonyms

5 synonyms
in the roughin the altogetherin the buffin the nudein the pink

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
inA1inabilityinaccessibleinaccuracy

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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