Definition of Material

materia

the passive or objective aspect of something--that is, the aspect which is based on the experience a subject has, or on the objects given in such an experience. (Cf. formal.)

(v. t.)
To form from matter; to materialize.
  

(n.)
The substance or matter of which anything is made or may be made.
  

(a.)
Pertaining to the matter, as opposed to the form, of a thing. See Matter.
  

(a.)
Of solid or weighty character; not insubstantial; of cinsequence; not be dispensed with; important.
  

(a.)
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.
  

(a.)
Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies.
  

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material
\ma*te"ri*al\, n. the substance or matter of which anything is made or may be made.

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 raw material 
 reading material 
 material evidence 
 material cause 
 insulating material 
 material body 
 waste material 
 roofing material 
 upholstery material 
 combustible material 
 radioactive material 
 waste of material 
 written material 

That of which anything is composed or may be constructed.

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Defnyddiol = a. material; useful

Nwyddol = a. substantial, material

Material, (adj.)

Having an actual existence, as distinguished from an imaginary one. Important.

Material things I know, or fell, or see;
All else is immaterial to me.

Jamrach Holobom
  

full of matter

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Noun
1. 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"
(synonym) stuff
(hypernym) substance, matter
(hyponym) rind
2. 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"
(hypernym) information, info
(hyponym) rehash
3. things needed for doing or making something; "writing materials"; "useful teaching materials"
(hypernym) equipment
(hyponym) packaging
4. artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitraqnsparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"
(synonym) fabric, cloth, textile
(hypernym) artifact, artefact
(hyponym) aba, aba cloth
(substance-meronym) warp
(part-meronym) edging
5. a person judged suitable for admission or employment; "he was university material"; "she was vice-presidential material"
(hypernym) applicant, applier

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Adjective
1. concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests; "material possessions"; "material wealth"; "material comforts"
(similar) worldly
2. derived from or composed of matter; "the material universe"
(antonym) immaterial, nonmaterial
(similar) physical, tangible, touchable
(see-also) substantial, real
(attribute) materiality, physicalness, corporeality
3. 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"
(antonym) immaterial
(similar) crucial, relevant
4. 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
(similar) physical
5. having material or physical form or substance; "that which is created is of necessity corporeal and visible and tangible" - Benjamin Jowett
(synonym) corporeal
(similar) bodily
(see-also) bodied
(attribute) materiality, physicalness, corporeality
6. 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
(synonym) substantial, real
(attribute) substantiality, substantialness

any commodity used directly or indirectly in producing a product

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Fear of materialism
Fear of epilepsy

Fear of certain fabrics

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Your pieces and pawns (excluding the king). See "Force".

The chess pieces. The player whose remaining pieces are of greater value is said to have a "material advantage."

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