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Quick definitions from WordNet (material)
▸ noun: things needed for doing or making something ("Writing materials")
▸ noun: information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form ("The archives provided rich material for a definitive biography")
▸ noun: a person judged suitable for admission or employment ("He was university material")
▸ noun: the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object ("Coal is a hard black material")
▸ noun: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers ("She measured off enough material for a dress")
▸ adjective: directly relevant to a matter especially a law case ("His support made a material difference")
▸ adjective: concerned with or affecting physical as distinct from intellectual or psychological well-being ("Material needs")
▸ adjective: concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests ("Material possessions")
▸ adjective: derived from or composed of matter ("The material universe")
▸ adjective: having material or physical form or substance
▸ adjective: having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary
▸ Also see materials
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to material
▸ Usage examples for material
▸ Idioms related to material (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing material
▸ Popular nouns described by material
▸ Words that often appear near material
▸ Rhymes of material
▸ Invented words related to material
▸ noun: things needed for doing or making something ("Writing materials")
▸ noun: information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form ("The archives provided rich material for a definitive biography")
▸ noun: a person judged suitable for admission or employment ("He was university material")
▸ noun: the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object ("Coal is a hard black material")
▸ noun: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers ("She measured off enough material for a dress")
▸ adjective: directly relevant to a matter especially a law case ("His support made a material difference")
▸ adjective: concerned with or affecting physical as distinct from intellectual or psychological well-being ("Material needs")
▸ adjective: concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests ("Material possessions")
▸ adjective: derived from or composed of matter ("The material universe")
▸ adjective: having material or physical form or substance
▸ adjective: having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary
▸ Also see materials
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to material
▸ Usage examples for material
▸ Idioms related to material (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing material
▸ Popular nouns described by material
▸ Words that often appear near material
▸ Rhymes of material
▸ Invented words related to material