natural
na·tu·ral
adjective
in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature
- “a very natural development”
- “our natural environment”
- “natural science”
- “natural resources”
- “natural cliffs”
- “natural phenomena”
existing in or produced by nature; not artificial or imitation
- “a natural pearl”
- “natural gas”
- “natural silk”
- “natural blonde hair”
- “a natural sweetener”
- “natural fertilizers”
existing in or in conformity with nature or the observable world; neither supernatural nor magical
- “a perfectly natural explanation”
functioning or occurring in a normal way; lacking abnormalities or deficiencies
- “it”
- “;”
- “;”
- “s natural affection for a grandchild”
(used especially of commodities) in the natural unprocessed condition
- “natural yogurt”
- “natural produce”
- “raw wool”
- “raw sugar”
- “bales of rude cotton”
noun
(craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the stake
Origin
Inherited from Middle English natural, borrowed from Old French natural, naturel, from Latin nātūrālis, from nātus, the perfect participle of nāscor (“be born”, verb). Displaced native Old English ġecynde. By surface analysis, natur(e) + -al.
Phrases
- Cartesian natural transformation
- cosmological natural selection
- liquefied natural gas
- liquid natural gas
- liquified natural gas
- natural advantages
- natural aging
- natural astrology
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