what does crude mean ?
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Crude materials are products that are now just entering the market and need to be processed, manufactured, or fabricated before being passed on to consumers (if they ever will be, that is). Categories and examples of crude materials include the following: Fuels like crude oil, natural gas, or coal.
marked by the primitive, gross, or elemental or by uncultivated simplicity or vulgarity
a crude stereotype
crude tools
crude jokes
2: existing in a natural state and unaltered by cooking or processing
crude oil
crude ore
3: rough or inexpert in plan or execution
a crude shelter
4: lacking a covering, glossing, or concealing element : OBVIOUS
crude facts
5: tabulated without being broken down into classes
the crude death rate
6archaic : UNRIPE, IMMATURE
crude noun
Definition of crude (Entry 2 of 2)
: a substance in its natural unprocessed state
especially : unrefined petroleum