Raw

Quick meaning: Raw is an adjective meaning (cooking) (of food) Not cooked.

Meaning

(cooking) (of food) Not cooked.

More Meanings

1. Not treated or processed; in a natural state, unrefined, unprocessed. (of materials, products, etc.)
2. Having had the skin removed or abraded; chafed, tender; exposed, lacerated.
3. New or inexperienced.
4. Crude in quality; rough, uneven, unsophisticated.
5. (statistics, of data) Uncorrected, without analysis.
6. Unpleasantly cold or damp. (of weather)
7. Unmasked, undisguised, strongly expressed. (of an emotion, personality, etc.)

Example Sentences

raw cane sugar

a raw beginner

He ate raw beef for dinner.

There's nothing but raw fish in the freezer.

Word Forms

• rawer
• rawest
• raws
• rawing
• rawed

Synonyms for raw

Depending on context, synonyms include coarse, crude, natural, pure, pristine, unalloyed.

Antonyms for raw

Common opposites include contaminated, manufactured, modified, processed, refined, cooked.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include unsanded, unprocessed, uncooked, unanalyzed, unpolished, inexperienced.

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