natural
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- n someone regarded as certain to succeed
he's a natural for the job - n a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
- n (craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the stake
- a in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature
a very natural development
our natural environment
natural science
natural resources
natural cliffs
natural phenomena - a 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 - a existing in or in conformity with nature or the observable world; neither supernatural nor magical
a perfectly natural explanation - s functioning or occurring in a normal way; lacking abnormalities or deficiencies
it's the natural thing to happen
natural immunity
a grandparent's natural affection for a grandchild - a (of a musical note) being neither raised nor lowered by one chromatic semitone
a natural scale
B natural - s unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct
a cat's natural aversion to water - s (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes
natural yogurt
natural produce - s related by blood; not adopted
- s being talented through inherited qualities
a natural leader - s free from artificiality
a natural reaction
- We have more natural gas than we need, and potentially more than we can store.
- Demand for natural gas is increasing.
- The church has been particularly aggressive in promoting natural family planning throughout the Third World.