English-Portuguese translations for raw material

• matéria-prima
  A informação será a nova matéria-prima. Information will be the raw material.
  O realismo é a matéria-prima que gera resultados. That is the raw material that creates results.

Definition of raw material

• A material in its unprocessed, natural state considered usable for manufacture
• Any input to a factory or other installation which processes it

Examples

• Petroleum is the raw material refined into various fuels and needed for countless chemicals
• The assembly plants raw materials are finished parts from Asian suppliers.

Related words

• raw materials
• secondary raw material
• textile raw material