material
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(s) concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests
- material possessions
- material wealth
- material comforts
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(a) derived from or composed of matter
- the material universe
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(a) 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
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(s) 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
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(a) having material or physical form or substance
- that which is created is of necessity corporeal and visible and tangible" - Benjamin Jowett
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(a) 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
Nouns
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(n) 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
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(n) 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
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(n) 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
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(n) things needed for doing or making something
- writing materials
- useful teaching materials
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(n) a person judged suitable for admission or employment
- he was university material
- she was vice-presidential material