Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (3)
1.
subjected to a special process or treatment;
- Example: "prepared ergot"- Example: "processed cheeses are easy to spread"2.
freed from impurities by processing;
- Example: "refined sugar"- Example: "refined oil"- Example: "to gild refined gold"- Shakespeare[syn: refined, processed]
3. prepared or converted from a natural state by subjecting to a special process;
- Example: "processed ores"
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
processed
adj 1: subjected to a special process or treatment; "prepared
ergot"; "processed cheeses are easy to spread"
2: freed from impurities by processing; "refined sugar";
"refined oil"; "to gild refined gold"- Shakespeare [syn:
refined, processed] [ant: crude, unprocessed,
unrefined]
3: prepared or converted from a natural state by subjecting to a
special process; "processed ores" [ant: unprocessed]