English-Spanish translations for raw material

• materia prima
  La información será la materia prima. Information will be the raw material.
  Ésta es la materia prima que luego da resultados. That is the raw material that creates results.
  A la postre, los recursos humanos son la materia prima de Europa. After all, human resources are Europe's raw material.

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