Material to work with or upon; substance to be wrought, matter of composition.

The matter or substance from which a thing is or may be made. (See also raw material n. at raw, adj. n.1compounds 2.) In plural.

The matter or substance from which a thing is or may be made. (See also raw material n. at raw, adj. n.1… In singular. (In quot. 1425 at sense B…

Material, stuff (for a particular purpose); now esp. in Scottish soapy water, soap-suds. (Cf. gear, n. 10.)

The matter operated upon in an art, a process, etc.; the matter out of which something is formed. Now rare (chiefly as extended use of Branch II.).

Material, matter, substance, fabric; esp. clay or earthen material. Cf. China metal, n. Obsolete.

The fibre of which a thread or a textile fabric is composed. Hence gen. the material of which anything is made. Also figurative.

Implements, tools, materials for work generally; stuff. Also figurative.

= subject matter, n.

Material, physical. Also as n.: material or physical substance.

A substance used or acted upon in a physical operation; a substance undergoing a physical or chemical process. Obsolete.

A material. Obsolete. rare.

A substance employed as a material in or on which some literary or artistic work is executed; a medium. Now rare.

That which is put in or taken in, or which is operated on or utilized by any process or system (either material or abstract).