MATERIAL

MA ·TE ·RIAL 3 syllables

A2 · Elementary 📏 8 letters 🎲 Scrabble 10 ✅ valid word

Common in conversation and basic reading.

noun
  1. the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
  2. information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form
  3. artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
  4. things needed for doing or making something

💬 Examples

  • "coal is a hard black material"
  • "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread"
  • "the archives provided rich material for a definitive biography"
  • "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"

🔗 Similar words

stufffabricclothtextile
adjective
  1. concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests
  2. derived from or composed of matter
  3. directly relevant to a matter especially a law case
  4. concerned with or affecting physical as distinct from intellectual or psychological well-being

💬 Examples

  • "material possessions"
  • "material wealth"
  • "the material universe"
  • "his support made a material difference"

🔗 Similar words

corporealsubstantialreal
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