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natural object

natural object

1 2.8
A thing that exists without people making or changing it
  • noun
translation icon : objeto natural
  • Inset in it above the fire door are a black-tailed deer antler, seashells, and other natural objects on the verge of a handprint at the center.
  • other natural objects

That could be a natural object.

Examples

  • First, the natural sciences produce knowledge about natural objects and phenomena, about their characteristics, and about how they interact with each other.

    Academic text (2011)

  • After they collect natural objects from the various environments, they make use of them in seven learning centers provided by the software.

    Academic text (2002)

  • Anatomy theaters also became sites for the display of collections of prints and other artistic and natural objects.

    Academic text (2013)

  • When we move into the visible world, we deal with natural objects and things that are made—trees, tables, tools of all sorts.

    Academic text (2001)

  • Bovelles represents "Materia" as a black area, above which four women approach the personification of nature, to whom they bring different species of natural objects: a stone, a plant, an animal, and a man.

    Academic text (2013)

  • The women I spoke with consistently described the motifs adorning their head coverings as "flowers," "bird tracks," "shafts of wheat," "trees," or other natural objects associated with fertility, plenty, and prosperity.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Second, as an artist, Ruysch was not satisfied with merely arranging anatomical parts, but rather enlivened these compositions with other natural objects to lend a decorative and more complex visual appearance to the assemblages.

    Academic text (1996)

  • During our nature walk, we collected various natural objects like leaves, rocks, and flowers.

  • Children love to explore the park and gather natural objects such as twigs, stones, and acorns.

  • The museum displays a variety of natural objects from different ecosystems, including fossils and minerals.

Antonyms

artificial
267 3.6

Made by people rather than by nature, often as a copy of something natural

artifact
  • US
224 4.2

An object made by people that shows a past culture

How Artificial

synthetic
  • Specialized
6 5.3
man-made
27 3.4
to alter
493 2.5
natural object
1 2.8

Surface Forms

natural object singular
natural objects plural

Morphology

natural + object

This is a simple adjective + noun composition: 'natural' (produced by nature) directly modifies 'object' (a tangible thing), so the combined meaning is transparently ‘an object that exists in nature’. The pattern is a common, compositional construction across languages and follows standard English noun modification, so a B1 learner who knows both words will infer the meaning.

Etymology

The name natural object comes from putting natural before object to show the thing comes from nature and not from people. So it means 'an object that exists in nature and has not been made or changed by people'.