'Material' definitions:
Definition of 'material'
From: WordNet
adjective
Concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests; "material possessions"; "material wealth"; "material comforts"
adjective
Derived from or composed of matter; "the material universe" [ant: immaterial, nonmaterial]
adjective
Directly relevant to a matter especially a law case; "his support made a material difference"; "evidence material to the issue at hand"; "facts likely to influence the judgment are called material facts"; "a material witness" [ant: immaterial]
adjective
Concerned with or affecting physical as distinct from intellectual or psychological well-being; "material needs"; "the moral and material welfare of all good citizens"- T.Roosevelt
adjective
Having material or physical form or substance; "that which is created is of necessity corporeal and visible and tangible" - Benjamin Jowett [syn: corporeal, material] [ant: immaterial, incorporeal]
adjective
Having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary; "the substantial world"; "a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical"; "most ponderous and substantial things"- Shakespeare [syn: substantial, real, material] [ant: insubstantial, unreal, unsubstantial]
noun
The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread" [syn: material, stuff]
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
Artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress" [syn: fabric, cloth, material, textile]
noun
Things needed for doing or making something; "writing materials"; "useful teaching materials"
noun
A person judged suitable for admission or employment; "he was university material"; "she was vice-presidential material"
Definition of 'Material'
From: GCIDE
- Material \Ma*te"ri*al\, v. t. To form from matter; to materialize. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Material'
From: GCIDE
- Material \Ma*te"ri*al\, n. The substance or matter of which anything is made or may be made. [1913 Webster]
- Raw material, any crude, unfinished, or elementary materials that are adapted to use only by processes of skilled labor. Cotton, wool, ore, logs, etc., are raw material. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Material'
From: GCIDE
- Material \Ma*te"ri*al\, a. [L. materialis, fr. materia stuff, matter: cf. F. mat['e]riel. See Matter, and cf. Mat['e]riel.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies. [1913 Webster]
- The material elements of the universe. --Whewell. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence: Pertaining to, or affecting, the physical nature of man, as distinguished from the mental or moral nature; relating to the bodily wants, interests, and comforts; as, material well-being; material comforts. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Of solid or weighty character; not insubstantial; of consequence; not be dispensed with; important; significant. [1913 Webster]
- Discourse, which was always material, never trifling. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster]
- I shall, in the account of simple ideas, set down only such as are most material to our present purpose. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Logic.) Pertaining to the matter, as opposed to the form, of a thing. See Matter. [1913 Webster]
- Material cause. See under Cause.
- Material evidence (Law), evidence which conduces to the proof or disproof of a relevant hypothesis. --Wharton. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Corporeal; bodily; important; weighty; momentous; essential. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'material'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a propos,
- ab ovo,
- absolute,
- abundance,
- accumulation,
- actual,
- ad rem,
- Adamic,
- adducible,
- admissible,
- air,
- amassment,
- animal,
- animalistic,
- apparatus,
- appertaining,
- applicable,
- applying,
- apposite,
- appreciable,
- appropriate,
- apropos,
- asphalt,
- atom,
- atomic particles,
- atoms,
- attestative,
- attestive,
- authentic,
- backlog,
- ballpoint pen,
- basal,
- based on,
- basic,
- beastlike,
- beastly,
- bedrock,
- being,
- belonging,
- bestial,
- bibliography,
- big,
- big-league,
- big-name,
- big-time,
- bigwig,
- bigwigged,
- blackboard,
- blacktop,
- bodily,
- body of knowledge,
- body of learning,
- brick,
- brutal,
- brute,
- brute matter,
- brutish,
- budget,
- building block,
- canvas,
- cardinal,
- carnal,
- carnal-minded,
- carpeting,
- central,
- certain,
- chalk,
- chemical element,
- Circean,
- circumstantial,
- clapboard,
- cloth,
- coarse,
- cobblestone,
- collection,
- commissariat,
- commissary,
- component,
- components,
- conclusive,
- concrete,
- consequential,
- considerable,
- constituent,
- constituents,
- constitutive,
- convincing,
- core,
- cork tile,
- cornucopia,
- corporal,
- corporeal,
- crayon,
- cumulation,
- cumulative,
- cyclopedia,
- damning,
- data,
- decisive,
- determinative,
- distillate,
- distillation,
- documentary,
- documentation,
- documented,
- documents,
- double-barreled,
- drapery,
- dump,
- earth,
- earthly,
- earthshaking,
- earthy,
- element,
- elemental,
- elementary,
- elementary particle,
- elementary unit,
- elements,
- elixir,
- encyclopedia,
- entity,
- equipment,
- eraser,
- essence,
- essential,
- etoffe,
- evidential,
- evidentiary,
- ex parte,
- eye-witness,
- fabric,
- facts,
- factual,
- fallen,
- felt,
- fiber glass,
- figures,
- final,
- fire,
- firsthand,
- flag,
- flagging,
- flagstone,
- fleshly,
- flooring,
- focal,
- Formica,
- founded on,
- fundamental,
- fundamental particle,
- gear,
- germane,
- gist,
- goods,
- grand,
- great,
- gross,
- grounded on,
- gut,
- habiliments,
- heap,
- hearsay,
- heart,
- heavyweight,
- high-powered,
- hoard,
- hyle,
- hylic,
- hypostasis,
- implicit,
- important,
- in point,
- incontrovertible,
- indicative,
- indispensable,
- indisputable,
- individual,
- information,
- ingredient,
- ink,
- inkhorn,
- inkstand,
- inkwell,
- inventory,
- invisible ink,
- involving,
- irrefutable,
- irresistible,
- kernel,
- lace,
- lapsed,
- larder,
- lay,
- lead pencil,
- life-and-death,
- life-or-death,
- linoleum,
- literature,
- lore,
- macadam,
- machinery,
- major,
- marrow,
- Masonite,
- mass,
- material world,
- materialistic,
- materiality,
- materials,
- materiate,
- materiel,
- matter,
- meaningful,
- means,
- meat,
- medium,
- molecule,
- momentous,
- monad,
- mundane,
- munitions,
- name,
- napery,
- natural world,
- nature,
- nib,
- nonspiritual,
- notes,
- nub,
- nuncupative,
- object,
- objective,
- of the essence,
- of vital importance,
- orgiastic,
- original,
- outfit,
- overwhelming,
- palpable,
- pantile,
- paper,
- papers,
- paraphernalia,
- parquet,
- pavement,
- pavestone,
- paving,
- pen,
- perceptible,
- pertaining,
- pertinent,
- phenomenal,
- Philistine,
- physical,
- physical world,
- pile,
- pith,
- plasterboard,
- plenitude,
- plenty,
- plenum,
- plume,
- plywood,
- ponderable,
- postlapsarian,
- presumptive,
- primal,
- primary,
- primitive,
- probative,
- provisionment,
- provisions,
- publications,
- quill,
- quintessence,
- radical,
- rag,
- rations,
- real,
- reed,
- relevant,
- reliable,
- repertoire,
- repertory,
- research,
- resources,
- rick,
- roofage,
- roofing,
- roofing paper,
- sap,
- secular,
- self-important,
- sensible,
- sensual,
- serious,
- shake,
- sheathing board,
- sheeting,
- shingle,
- siding,
- significant,
- silk,
- slate,
- solid,
- somatic,
- soul,
- spirit,
- spun glass,
- stack,
- statistics,
- stencil,
- stock,
- stock-in-trade,
- stockpile,
- stone,
- store,
- store of knowledge,
- stores,
- stuff,
- style,
- stylograph,
- stylus,
- substance,
- substantial,
- substantive,
- substratum,
- suggestive,
- sum and substance,
- superior,
- supplies,
- supply on hand,
- sure,
- swinish,
- sympathetic ink,
- symptomatic,
- system of knowledge,
- table,
- tablet,
- tackle,
- tackling,
- tangible,
- tar paper,
- telling,
- temporal,
- terrestrial,
- textile,
- textile fabric,
- texture,
- thatch,
- the four elements,
- tile,
- tilestone,
- tiling,
- tissu,
- tissue,
- to the point,
- to the purpose,
- treasure,
- treasury,
- treasury of information,
- true,
- underlying,
- unit of being,
- unspiritual,
- valid,
- veneer,
- vital,
- wainscoting,
- wallboard,
- walling,
- wallpaper,
- water,
- weatherboard,
- weave,
- web,
- weft,
- weighty,
- wood,
- woof,
- wool,
- world-shaking,
- worldly
Words containing 'Material'
- Materialism,
- Materiality,
- Materialization,
- Materialize,
- Materialized,
- Materializing,
- Materially,
- Materialness,
- Materiate,
- Materiated,
- Materiation,
- Materious,
- Formed material,
- Material cause,
- Material evidence,
- Raw material,
- abrasive material,
- absorbent material,
- adhesive material,
- adsorbent material,
- animal material,
- bedding material,
- building material,
- coloring material,
- colouring material,
- combustible material,
- composite material,
- contrast material,
- covering material,
- dialectical materialism,
- fencing material,
- insulating material,
- material body,
- material breach,
- material possession,
- material resource,
- material witness,
- materials handling,
- packing material,
- paving material,
- philosophical materialism,
- photographic material,
- piece of material,
- plant material,
- promotional material,
- radioactive material,
- reading material,
- roofing material,
- sealing material,
- semiconducting material,
- sorbent material,
- source materials,
- upholstery material,
- waste material,
- waste of material,
- written material,
- create from raw material,
- creating from raw materials