🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Rohstoff

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Rohstoff

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Raw material/ˈrɔː məˌtɪə.ri.əl/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #3400 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Die Industrie ist auf billige Rohstoffe angewiesen."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The basic material from which a product is made.

    "The factory imports raw material such as rubber and steel to manufacture tires."
  2. 2

    Unprocessed information or data that can be used for creative work, analysis, or further development.

    "Interviews with local residents provided the journalist with rich raw material for her book."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English 'raw' (from Old English 'hrēaw', meaning uncooked or unworked) combined with 'material' (from Latin 'materialis', relating to matter). Historically used to describe physical substances in their natural, unprocessed state before manufacturing.

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