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"she measured off enough material for a dress"nounartifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
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adjectivehaving substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary
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adjectivehaving material or physical form or substance
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"coal is a hard black material"nounthe tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
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"he was university material" "she was vice-presidential material"nouna person judged suitable for admission or employment
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"material needs" "the moral and material welfare of all good citizens"adjectiveconcerned with or affecting physical as distinct from intellectual or psychological well-being
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"material possessions" "material wealth" "material comforts"adjectiveconcerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests
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"the material universe"adjectivederived from or composed of matter
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"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"adjectivedirectly relevant to a matter especially a law case
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"the archives provided rich material for a definitive biography"nouninformation (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished formtype of:
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"writing materials" "useful teaching materials"nounthings needed for doing or making somethingtype of:
Definition that contains material
- land material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)
- rock material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust
- ground material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)
- stone material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust
- copy material suitable for a journalistic account
- punk material for starting a fire
- chemical material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules
- soil material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)
- straw material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
- substance material of a particular kind or constitution