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crude

/kɹʉd/

An illustration for crude

adjective1 of 2

basic or made without skill, such as a crude drawing

  • “A tanker is a ship that carries crude oil.”Tatoeba
  • “The crude oil price is falling further.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

noun2 of 2

Any substance in its natural state.

Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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