crudeadjective
uk/kruːd/us/kruːd/crude adjective (SIMPLE)
C2 simple and not skilfully done or made:
a crude device/weapon
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- The M.P.'s speech was dismissed by her opponents as crude electioneering.
- The constructed a crude shelter from branches.
- The boxes were used as a crude table and chairs.
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Crude and basic
- 101
- at bottom idiom
- backward
- bare
- basic
- bottom
- homespun
- low-tech
- Mickey Mouse
- primal
- primordial
- rough
- rude
- rudimentary
- rustic
- simple
- skeletal
- stone-age
- vanilla
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crude adjective (RUDE)
C2 rude and offensive:
a crude remark/comment
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Rude and cheeky
- backchat
- bold
- cheeky
- chutzpah
- cocksure
- cocky
- fruity
- gobby
- impertinent
- liberty
- lippy
- mouthy
- neanderthal
- offensive
- personally
- presumptuous
- sass
- sick
- smart mouth
- unpleasant
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crudely
adverb uk/ˈkruːd.li/us/ˈkruːd.li/
a crudely made bomb
crudeness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈkruːd.nəs/us/ˈkruːd.nəs/also crudity,
crudenoun [ U ]
uk/kruːd/us/kruːd/also crude oiloil from rocks underground in a natural state that has not yet been treated
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Geology: mineralogy
- concentrate
- crystal
- crystalline
- deposit
- fool's gold
- gold dust
- golden
- graphite
- like gold dust idiom
- magnesium
- mica
- mineral
- mineralogist
- mineralogy
- nugget
- pyrite
- seam
- silicate
- silicon