material

Meaning

Adj

1. Having to do with matter; consisting of matter.
2. Worldly, as opposed to spiritual.
3. Significant.

Noun

1. Matter which may be shaped or manipulated, particularly in making something.
2. Text written for a specific purpose.
3. A sample or specimens for study.
4. Cloth to be made into a garment. Fabric.
5. A person, or people collectively, who are qualified for a certain position or activity.
6. Related data of various kinds, especially if collected as the basis for a document or book.
7. The substance that something is made or composed of.
8. An element of a design language associated with a certain style of rendering on the display.
9. All of a player's pieces and pawns on the chessboard.

Verb

To form from matter; to materialize.

Concepts

material

substance

cloth

matter

physical

fabric

stuff

corporeal

substantial

bodily

data

tangible

textile

essential

real

worldly

concrete

important

equipment

ingredients

raw material

ingredient

thing

contents

subject

object

property

financial

economic

pertinent

germane

elemental

materialistic

copy

texture

clothes

fleshly

body

product

considerable

implement

task

linen

pecuniary

evidence

scores

records

composition

clothing

notable

outstanding

significant

web

stock

information

content

hardware

element

earthly

materials

tissue

articles

baggage

paraphernalia

things

article

natural

joke material

proof

definite

theme

charge

fee

rate

objective

crucial

relevant

staple

vital

elementary

instrument

means

constitutive

economical

hylic

materiel

empirical

pecuniar

mat

job

work

complexion

flesh

form

grain

lean

muscle

document

documentation

written material

main

conspicuous

handsome

semantic

sententious

Cheviot

percale

weft

crude material

feed

input material

raw stuff

rough material

inlay

fluid

goods and materials

material assets

raw data

fire resisting material

fireproofing

flame-proof material

refractory

refractory material

datum

building materials

timber

device

tool

secular

wordly

subject matter

piece of cloth

building material

extraneous

importance

topic

agent

fixings

making

big

bonzer

consequential

eminent

great

major

marked

measurable

noteworthy

of import

remarkable

basic

integral

intrinsic

intrinsical

quintessential

feedstock

appurtenance

issue

medium

mesh

temporal

tangibility

essence

chip

fragment

carnal

substantive

practical

sensible

serious

useful

skirt

rag

substances

physically

entity

reality

shapely

visible

canvas

colorway

soft goods

spare part

structure

swaddle

tammy

fabrics

Hyphenated as

ma‧te‧ri‧al

Pronounced as (IPA)

/məˈtɪə.ɹi.əl/

Etymology

From Middle English material, from Late Latin māteriālis, from Latin māteria (“wood, material, substance”), from māter (“mother”). Displaced native Middle English andweorc, andwork (“material, matter”) (from Old English andweorc (“matter, substance, material”)). Doublet of materiel.

Sentences

The type material is preserved in the collection of the Redpath Museum .

It uses material written by Stravinsky for aborted film projects .