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
part of speech: adjective
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:
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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