not refined or processed; unrefined ore; crude oil
[ Syn: unrefined , unprocessed ]
crude (adj.)
a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
[ Syn: petroleum , petroleum , crude oil , crude oil , rock oil , rock oil , fossil oil , fossil oil , oil , oil ]
crude (n.)
not carefully or expertly made; managed to make a crude splint; a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them; rough carpentry
[ Syn: rough ]
conspicuously and tastelessly indecent; coarse language; a crude joke; crude behavior; an earthy sense of humor; a revoltingly gross expletive; a vulgar gesture; full of language so vulgar it should have been edited
belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness; the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man; primitive movies of the 1890s; primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains
devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment; the blunt truth; the crude facts; facing the stark reality of the deadline
not processed or subjected to analysis; raw data; the raw cost of production; only the crude vital statistics
[ Syn: raw ]