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Noun: material mu'ti(u)reeul- The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
"coal is a hard black material"
- stuff - 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" - Artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
"she measured off enough material for a dress"
- fabric, cloth, textile - Things needed for doing or making something
"writing materials"; "useful teaching materials" - A person judged suitable for admission or employment
"he was university material"; "she was vice-presidential material"
Adjective: material mu'ti(u)reeul- Concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests
"material possessions"; "material wealth"; "material comforts" - Derived from or composed of matter
"the material universe" - 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" - Concerned with or affecting physical as distinct from intellectual or psychological well-being
"material needs"; "the moral and material welfare of all good citizens" - Having material or physical form or substance
- corporeal - Having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary
- substantial, real
Derived forms: materials See also: bodied, bodily, corporal, corporality, corporate [archaic], corporeality, crucial, embodied, incarnate, materiality, materially, physical, physicalness, reincarnate, secular, solidness, substantiality, substantialness, temporal, worldly Type of: applicant, applier, artefact [Brit], artifact [N. Amer], equipment, info, information, substance Antonym: immaterial Encyclopedia: Material |