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CREATING FROM RAW MATERIALS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of creating something that is different from the materials that went into it
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("creating from raw materials" is a kind of...):
creation; creative activity (the human act of creating)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "creating from raw materials"):
baking (making bread or cake or pastry etc.)
casting; molding (the act of creating something by casting it in a mold)
recording; transcription (the act of making a record (especially an audio record))
building; construction (the act of constructing something)
fabrication; manufacture; manufacturing (the act of making something (a product) from raw materials)
concoction; confection (the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components)
lamination (bonding thin sheets together)
