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creating from raw materials

Definitions of creating from raw materials
  1. noun
    the act of creating something that is different from the materials that went into it
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    types:
    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
    lip sync, lip synch, lip synchronisation, lip synchronization
    combining audio and video recording in such a way that the sound is perfectly synchronized with the action that produced it; especially synchronizing the movements of a speaker's lips with the sound of his speech
    mastering
    the act of making a master recording from which copies can be made
    crenelation, crenellation
    the action of constructing ramparts with gaps for firing guns or arrows
    erecting, erection
    the act of building or putting up
    house-raising
    construction by a group of neighbors
    assembly, fabrication
    the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)
    dry walling
    the activity of building stone walls without mortar
    grading, leveling
    changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface
    road construction
    the construction of roads
    ship building, shipbuilding
    the construction of ships
    rustication
    the construction of masonry or brickwork in a rustic manner
    formation, shaping
    the act of fabricating something in a particular shape
    newspeak
    deliberately ambiguous and contradictory language use to mislead and manipulate the public
    prefabrication
    the manufacture of sections of a building at the factory so they can be easily and rapidly assembled at the building site
    veneering
    the act of applying veneer
    type of:
    creation, creative activity
    the human act of creating
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