Results for material

Definitions of material:

part of speech: noun

Esp. in pl. that out of which anything is to be made.

part of speech: noun

Anything composed of matter; that of which anything is made.

part of speech: adverb

MATERIALLY.

part of speech: adjective

MATERIALNESS, MATERIALITY.

part of speech: adjective

Consisting of matter or substance; not spiritual; pertaining to bodily wants; as, the material needs of the poor; important; as, it is not material to me what you do.

part of speech: adjective

Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; important; essential; not merely formal.

part of speech: noun

The substance of which anything is made.

part of speech: adjective

Consisting of matter: corporeal, not spiritual: substantial: essential: important.

Usage examples for material:

• They must be, they cannot but be many if we are to consider them as material things. "The Reform of Education", Giovanni Gentile

• Nothing pictures a region so well as the state of its social material "The Chouans", Honore de Balzac

• Is life, Frederick asked himself, meant to be nothing more than material for dreams? "Atlantis", Gerhart Hauptmann

• While some of their experiences were exceedingly funny, more were of a kind to show how easily the material could be moulded, if the hands were only there to mould it. "The Children of the Poor", Jacob A. Riis