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Traditional English :: material
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material - n. & adj. --n. 1 the matter from which a thing is made.
2 cloth, fabric.
3 (in pl.) things needed for an activity (building materials; cleaning materials; writing materials).
4 a person or thing of a specified kind or suitable for a purpose (officer material).
5 (in sing. or pl.) information etc. to be used in writing a book etc. (experimental material; materials for a biography).
6 (in sing. or pl., often foll. by of) the elements or constituent parts of a substance. --adj. 1 of matter; corporeal.
2 concerned with bodily comfort etc. (material well-being).
3 (of conduct, points of view, etc.) not spiritual.
4 (often foll. by to) important, essential, relevant (at the material time).
5 concerned with the matter, not the form, of reasoning. materiality n. [ME f. OF materiel, -al, f. LL materialis f. L (as MATTER)] |
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Related Words
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applied
building
bulk
handling
camouflage
ceramic
phase
change
composite
decking
deck
construction
materal
supply
conveyor
safety
data
sheet
engineering
equipment
explicit
fence
fencing
fleece
flooring
fuel
cell
education
gasket
hazardous
management
his
dark
thermal
interface
issue
landscape
madonna
girl
marketing
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Most Often Usage
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applied material
building material
bulk material handling
camouflage material
ceramic material
phase change material
composite decking material
composite material
composite deck material
construction material
construction materal supply
material handling conveyor
material safety data sheet
deck material
material engineering
material handling equipment
explicit material
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