natural resource
/ˌnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹəl ˈɹɪː.sɔːɹs/
natural resource noun: any source of wealth that occurs naturally, especially surface water, groundwater, minerals, fossil fuels, timber, wild game, soil quality, and air quality.
Noun
natural resource (plural natural resources)
- Any source of wealth that occurs naturally, especially surface water, groundwater, minerals, fossil fuels, timber, wild game, soil quality, and air quality.
- There’s so much Trump in Joe: the overbearing and vainglorious rhetoric, the hogging of all natural resources, the willingness to treat people like property, the disappointing offspring.2017 December 1, Tom Breihan, “Mad Max: Fury Road might already be the best action movie ever made”, in The Onion AV Club
- Africa’s growing demand for wood products presents an opportunity to build a resilient bioeconomy that creates jobs, strengthens local industries and reduces pressure on natural forests. Wood remains one of Africa’s most vital natural resources, supporting livelihoods, economic development and...2026 June 12, Jane Mutune, Peter Minang, “Building a resilient wood-based bioeconomy in Africa”, in Forest News
natural resource meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Tagalog
natural resource in Hindi
- source of wealth that occurs naturally
- प्राकृतिक संसाधन prākŕtik sansādhan
natural resource in Tamil
- இயற்கை வளம்
natural resource in Kannada
- ನೈಸರ್ಗಿಕ ಸಂಪನ್ಮೂಲ
natural resource in Tagalog
- source of wealth that occurs naturally
- likas na yaman, likas na kayamanan
More languagesFewer languages
- natural resource in Arabic
- مَوْرِد طَبِيعِيّ mawrid ṭabīʕiyy
- natural resource in Malay
- sumber semula jadi
- natural resource in Indonesian
- sumber daya alam
- natural resource in Persian
- منبع طبیعی manba'-e tabi'i
- natural resource in Thai
- ทรัพยากรธรรมชาติ sáp-pá-yaa-gɔɔn-tam-má-châat
- natural resource in Vietnamese
- tài nguyên thiên nhiên
- natural resource in Myanmar
- သယံဇာတ sa.yamjata.
Forms of natural resource
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Questions about natural resource
- What does natural resource mean?
- Natural resource means any source of wealth that occurs naturally, especially surface water, groundwater, minerals, fossil fuels, timber, wild game, soil quality, and air quality.
- What is natural resource in Hindi?
- Natural resource in Hindi is प्राकृतिक संसाधन (prākŕtik sansādhan). See Natural resource meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is natural resource?
- Natural resource is a noun.
- How do you pronounce natural resource?
- Natural resource is pronounced /ˌnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹəl ˈɹɪː.sɔːɹs/.
- What is the plural of natural resource?
- The plural of natural resource is natural resources.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: natural resource (page history and authors); natural resource (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); natural resource (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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