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- Dictionaryraw/rɔː/
adjective
- 1. (of food) not cooked: "raw eggs" Similar Opposite
- 2. (of a part of the body) red and painful, especially as the result of skin abrasion: "he scrubbed his hands until they were raw" Similar
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RAW definition: 1. (of food) not cooked: 2. (of materials) in a natural state, without having been through any…. Learn more.
The meaning of RAW is not cooked. How to use raw in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Raw.
1. a. Uncooked: raw meat. b. Being in a natural condition; not processed or refined: raw wool. c. Not finished, covered, or coated: raw wood. d. Not having been subjected to adjustment, treatment, or analysis: raw data; the raw cost of production. e. Undeveloped or unused: raw land. f. Recently finished; fresh: raw plaster. 2.
Raw materials or substances are in their natural state before being processed or used in manufacturing. We import raw materials and energy and export mainly industrial products. ...two ships carrying raw sugar from Cuba.
Raw, crude, rude refer to something not in a finished or highly refined state. Raw applies particularly to material not yet changed by a process, by manufacture, or by preparation for consumption: raw cotton; raw leather.
When you use the word raw to describe things that aren't edible, it generally means "in a natural, untreated state," like raw silk or raw wood. You might also have raw feelings or raw emotions — these are basic and out in the open.
Definition of raw noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
adjective. uk / rɔː / us. raw adjective (FOOD) Add to word list Add to word list. B1. not cooked: raw meat / vegetables. Fewer examples. Carrots can be eaten cooked or raw in a salad. It's best to eat these tomatoes raw. Wash your hands after handling raw meat. The chicken was still raw in the middle. This fish can be eaten raw.
Noun. Idiom. Filter. adjective. rawest, rawer. Not cooked. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. In its natural condition; not changed by art, dilution, manufacture, aging, etc. Raw wool, raw whiskey. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Not processed, edited, interpreted, etc. Raw data. Webster's New World.
uncooked, as articles of food: a raw carrot. not having undergone processes of preparing, dressing, finishing, refining, or manufacture: raw cotton. unnaturally or painfully exposed, as flesh, by removal of the skin or natural integument. Pathology painfully open, as a sore or wound.
