Main entry: petroleum, oil, rock oil, fossil oil, crude, crude oil
Definition: a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
Definition: not processed or subjected to analysis
Usage: raw data; the raw cost of production; only the crude vital statistics
Main entry: stark, blunt, crude
Definition: devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment
Usage: the blunt truth; the crude facts; facing the stark reality of the deadline
Main entry: gross, earthy, crude, vulgar
Definition: conspicuously and tastelessly indecent
Usage: coarse language; a crude joke; crude behavior; an earthy sense of humor; a revoltingly gross expletive; a vulgar gesture; full of language so vulgar it should have been edited
Main entry: primitive, rude, crude
Definition: belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness
Usage: the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man; primitive movies of the 1890s; primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains
Main entry: crude, unprocessed, unrefined
Definition: not refined or processed
Usage: unrefined ore; crude oil
Definition: not carefully or expertly made
Usage: managed to make a crude splint; a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them; rough carpentry