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material
noun
1 material
The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object:
— Coal is a hard black material.
synonym: stuff.
Roget 635:
material,
raw material,
stuff,
stock,
staple;
adobe,
brown stone;
chinking;
clapboard;
daubing;
puncheon;
shake;
shingle,
bricks and mortar;
metal;
stone;
clay,
brick crockery
etc.
384;
compo,
composition;
concrete;
reinforced concrete,
cement;
wood,
ore,
timber.
materials;
supplies,
munition,
fuel,
grist,
household stuff pabulum
etc.
(food)
298;
ammunition
etc.
(arms)
727;
contingents;
relay,
reinforcement,
reenforcement†;
baggage
etc.
(personal property)
780;
means
etc.
632;
calico,
cambric,
cashmere.
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Roget 316:
materiality,
materialness;
corporeity†,
corporality†;
substantiality,
substantialness,
flesh and blood,
plenum;
physical condition.
matter,
body,
substance,
brute matter,
stuff,
element,
principle,
parenchyma [Biol.],
material,
substratum,
hyle†,
corpus,
pabulum;
frame.
object,
article,
thing,
something;
still life;
stocks and stones;
materials
etc.
635.
[Science of matter]
physics;
somatology†,
somatics;
natural philosophy,
experimental philosophy;
physicism†;
physical science,
philosophie positive [Fr.],
materialism;
materialist;
physicist;
somatism†,
somatist†.
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Dutch: stof, waar, goedje, spul, materiaal
Polish: materiał, tworzywo
2 material
Information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form.
Polish: materiał
3 material
Artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers:
— She measured off enough material for a dress.
synonyms: cloth, fabric, textile.
Dutch: vod, kleed, geweven stof, doek, stof, textiel, weefsel
Polish: materiał
4 material
Things needed for doing or making something.
Dutch: materiaal
5 material
A person judged suitable for admission or employment.
Polish: materiał
adjective
1 material
Concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests.
2 material
Derived from or composed of matter.
Roget 642:
important;
of importance
etc.
n.;
momentous,
material;
to the point;
not to be overlooked,
not to be despised,
not to be sneezed at;
egregious;
weighty
etc.
(influential)
175;
of note
etc.
(repute)
873;
notable,
prominent,
salient,
signal;
memorable,
remarkable;
unforgettable;
worthy of remark,
worthy of notice;
never to be forgotten;
stirring,
eventful.
grave,
serious,
earnest,
noble,
grand,
solemn,
impressive,
commanding,
imposing.
urgent,
pressing,
critical,
instant.
paramount,
essential,
vital,
all-absorbing,
radical,
cardinal,
chief,
main,
prime,
primary,
principal,
leading,
capital,
foremost,
overruling;
of vital importance
&c..
in the front rank,
first-rate;
superior
etc.
33;
considerable
etc.
(great)
31;
marked
etc.
v.;
rare
etc.
137.
significant,
telling,
trenchant,
emphatic,
pregnant;
tanti [Lat.].
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Polish: materialny
3 material
Directly relevant to a matter especially a law case.
4 material
Concerned with or affecting physical as distinct from intellectual or psychological well-being.
5 material
Having material or physical form or substance.
synonym: corporeal.
6 material
Having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary.
synonyms: real, substantial.
Roget 316:
material,
bodily;
corporeal,
corporal;
physical;
somatic,
somatoscopic†;
sensible,
tangible,
ponderable,
palpable,
substantial.
objective,
impersonal,
nonsubjective†,
neuter,
unspiritual,
materialistic.
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Polish: substancjalny, substancjonalny
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