[kruːd], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- constructed in a rudimentary or makeshift way
(e.g: the inspectors dismissed the documents as crude forgeries)

- offensively coarse or explicit, especially in relation to sexual matters
(e.g: a crude joke)

- in a natural or raw state; not yet processed or refined
(e.g: crude oil)


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin crudus ‘raw, rough’

[kruːd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- natural mineral oil
(e.g: the ship was carrying 80,000 tonnes of crude)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin crudus ‘raw, rough’