adj.
- in a natural or raw state; not yet processed or refined:
crude oil.
- made or done in a rudimentary or makeshift way:
a relatively crude nuclear weapon.
▸(of an estimate) approximate.
- offensively coarse or rude, especially in relation to sexual matters.
- Statistics (of figures) not adjusted or corrected.
n.
natural mineral oil.
Derivative
- crudely adv.
- crudeness n.
- crudity n.
Etymology
ME: from L. crudus ‘raw, rough’.