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natural adjective ( NOT ARTIFICIAL )
/ˈnætʃ.ər.əl/
/-ɚ-/ adj Definition
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as found in nature and not involving anything made or done by peoplea natural substance
People say that breast-feeding is better than bottle-feeding because it's more natural.
He died from natural causes (= because he was old or ill).
Floods and earthquakes are natural disasters.
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describes an ability or characteristic that you were born withnatural beauty
a natural talent for sports
She's a natural blonde (= Her hair is not artificially made a lighter colour).
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describes food or drink which is pure and has no chemical substances added to it and is therefore thought to be healthynatural mineral water
natural ingredients
someone's natural mother/father/parent
a parent who caused someone to be born, although they might not be their legal parent or the parent who raised them
(Definition of natural adjective (NOT ARTIFICIAL) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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