material
Definition of
material
:
the
tangible
substance
that goes into the
makeup
of
a
physical
object
;
"
coal
is
a
hard
black
material
"
;
"
wheat
is the
stuff
they
use
to
make
bread
"
information
(
data
or
ideas
or
observations) that
can
be
used
or
reworked into
a
finished
form
;
"the
archives
provided
rich
material
for
a
definitive
biography
"
artifact
made
by
weaving
or
felting
or
knitting
or
crocheting
natural
or
synthetic
fibers;
"the
fabric
in
the curtains was
light
and
semitransparent
"
;
"
woven
cloth
originated
in
Mesopotamia
around
5000
BC
"
;
"she
measured
off
enough
material
for
a
dress
"
things
needed
for doing
or
making
something;
"
writing
materials"
;
"
useful
teaching
materials"
a
person
judged
suitable
for
admission
or
employment
;
"
he
was
university
material
"
;
"she was
vice
-
presidential
material
"
concerned
with
worldly
rather
than
spiritual
interests;
"
material
possessions"
;
"
material
wealth
"
;
"
material
comforts
"
derived
from
or
composed
of
matter
;
"the
material
universe
"
directly
relevant
to
a
matter
especially
a
law
case
;
"his
support
made
a
material
difference
"
;
"
evidence
material
to the
issue
at
hand
"
;
"facts
likely
to
influence
the
judgment
are
called
material
facts"
;
"
a
material
witness
"
concerned
with
or
affecting
physical
as
distinct
from
intellectual
or
psychological
well
-
being
;
"
material
needs
"
;
"the
moral
and
material
welfare
of
all
good
citizens"
-
T
.
Roosevelt
having
material
or
physical
form
or
substance
;
"that which is created is of
necessity
corporeal
and
visible
and
tangible
"
-
Benjamin
Jowett
having
substance
or
capable
of
being
treated
as
fact
;
not
imaginary
;
"the
substantial
world
"
;
"
a
mere
dream
,
neither
substantial
nor
practical
"
;
"
most
ponderous
and
substantial
things
"
-
Shakespeare
Enron mail blog
,
Enron mail archive
,
Loan Morph
,
Pseudo Words
,
Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis
,
Stock Morph
,
HostMon
,
Chess Morph
,
Search Morph
,
News Morph
,
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