materia prima — meaning in English

English meaning

• commodity noun A raw material or basic good that is bought and sold in bulk, such as oil, wheat, or gold.
• staple noun A basic food or item that is used regularly and is essential to daily life.

Senses

materia prima is used for these senses in English:

• commodity (economics) Raw materials, agricultural and other primary products as objects of large-scale trading in specialized exchanges.
• feedstock Any bulk raw material constituting the principal input for an industrial process.
• staple The principal commodity produced in a town or region.

commodity — full definition

1. noun A raw material or basic good that is bought and sold in bulk, such as oil, wheat, or gold.
2. noun Something useful or valuable, especially something treated as an interchangeable product rather than something unique.

staple — full definition

1. noun A basic food or item that is used regularly and is essential to daily life.
2. noun A small U-shaped piece of wire pressed through paper (or into wood or a wall) to hold things together.
3. noun Something that appears regularly or is expected as a standard part of something.
4. verb To fasten something with a staple.
5. adj Main or principal; regularly used or produced.

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