natural resource

noun

1

natural resources plural : industrial materials and capacities (such as mineral deposits and waterpower) supplied by nature

2

: resource sense 1b

Examples of natural resource in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Bad River Band and environmental groups filed separate petitions last year after the DNR issued its permit, arguing the natural resource agency did not follow state law. —Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 18 Nov. 2025

Prescribed fires help reduce overgrown vegetation to help protect local communities, infrastructure and natural resources from wildfires. —Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 18 Nov. 2025

Years of drought and mismanagement have reduced it to a vast salt plain, a stark symbol of Iran’s long-term water challenges and the growing strain on the country’s natural resources. —Amir Daftari, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025

Controlling passage through the palisade were twenty-one ornate gates, spaced approximately fifty kilometers apart, meant not only to curb immigration of Han Chinese and Koreans into Qing lands but also to limit movement of any natural resources out. —Literary Hub, 14 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1776, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

natural resource

noun

: something (as a mineral, waterpower source, forest, or kind of animal) that is found in nature and is valuable to humans (as in providing a source of energy, recreation, or scenic beauty)