Raw material

Raw material
For other uses, see Raw Material (disambiguation).
"Feedstock" redirects here.
Latex being collected from a tapped rubber tree

A raw material or feedstock is the basic material from which a product is manufactured or made, frequently used with an extended meaning.[1] For example, the term is used to denote material that came from nature and is in an unprocessed or minimally processed state. Latex, iron ore, logs, and crude oil, would be examples. The use of raw material by non-human species includes twigs and found objects as used by birds to make nests.

In Marxian economics and some industries, the term is used in the sense of raw material that is 'subject of labor', in other words, something that will be worked on by labor or that has already undergone some alteration by labor. Therefore, it does not apply exclusively to materials in their entirely unprocessed state, for instance dimensional lumber, glass and steel.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ OED Online (Third edition, August 2010; online version November 2010 ed.). raw material n.: Oxford University Press. http://oed.com/view/Entry/158694?redirectedFrom=raw%20material#eid26774241. Retrieved 3 March 2011. 

References


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Raw material — Raw Raw (r[add]), a. [Compar. {Rawer} (r[add] [ e]r); superl. {Rawest}.] [AS. hre[ a]w; akin to D. raauw, LG. rau, G. roh, OHG. r[=o], Icel. hr[=a]r, Dan. raa, Sw. r[*a], L. crudus, Gr. kre as flesh, Skr. kravis raw flesh. [root]18. Cf. {Crude},… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Raw material — Material Ma*te ri*al, n. The substance or matter of which anything is made or may be made. [1913 Webster] {Raw material}, any crude, unfinished, or elementary materials that are adapted to use only by processes of skilled labor. Cotton, wool, ore …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • raw material — n. 1. material still in its natural or original state, before processing or manufacture 2. anything that is capable of being processed, converted, changed, etc. to produce something else [her personal experiences could provide the raw material… …   English World dictionary

  • raw material — noun material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑staple • Hypernyms: ↑material, ↑stuff • Hyponyms: ↑feedstock * * * noun, pl ⋯ als [count, noncount …   Useful english dictionary

  • raw material — Materials a manufacturer converts into a finished product. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * raw material raw material ➔ material * * * raw material UK US noun [C or U] ► PRODUCTION, NATURAL RESOURCES a substance in its natural state that will …   Financial and business terms

  • raw material — noun Date: 1796 crude or processed material that can be converted by manufacture, processing, or combination into a new and useful product < wheat…is raw material for the flour mill C. A. Koepke >; broadly something with a potential for… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • raw material — noun a) A material in its unprocessed, natural state considered usable for manufacture. Petroleum is the raw material refined into various fuels and needed for countless chemicals b) Any input to a factory or other installation which processes it …   Wiktionary

  • raw material — /rɔ məˈtɪəriəl/ (say raw muh tearreeuhl) noun 1. material before it is made in a final form: *Wool is a raw material, not a finished product –advertiser, 1991. 2. an untrained recruit or a group of such recruits …  

  • raw material — žaliava statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Apdirbimui ar perdirbimui skirta medžiaga. atitikmenys: angl. raw material; stock rus. сырье …   Chemijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

  • raw material — raw′ mate′rial n. material before being processed or manufactured into a final form • Etymology: 1790–1800 …   From formal English to slang

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”