Noun
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(craps) a first roll of 7 or 11 that immediately wins the stake
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a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
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someone regarded as certain to succeed
"he's a natural for the job"
Adjective
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free from artificiality
"a lifelike pose"
"a natural reaction"
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being talented through inherited qualities
"a natural leader"
"a born musician"
"an innate talent"
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related by blood
not adopted
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(used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes
"natural yogurt"
"natural produce"
"raw wool"
"raw sugar"
"bales of rude cotton"
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unthinking
prompted by (or as if by) instinct
"a cat's natural aversion to water"
"offering to help was as instinctive as breathing"
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(of a musical note) being neither raised nor lowered by one chromatic semitone
"a natural scale"
"B natural"
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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"
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existing in or in conformity with nature or the observable world
neither supernatural nor magical
"a perfectly natural explanation"
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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"
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in accordance with nature
relating to or concerning nature
"a very natural development"
"our natural environment"
"natural science"
"natural resources"
"natural cliffs"
"natural phenomena"