ALL meanings of materials
ma·te·ri·al
M m - noun materials Plural form of material. 1
- noun materials the substance or substances of which a thing is made or composed: Stone is a durable material. 1
- noun materials anything that serves as crude or raw matter to be used or developed: Wood pulp is the raw material from which paper is made. 1
- noun materials any constituent element. 1
- noun materials a textile fabric: material for a dress. 1
- noun materials a group of ideas, facts, data, etc., that may provide the basis for or be incorporated into some integrated work: to gather material for a history of North Carolina; to write material for a comedy show. 1
- noun materials materials, the articles or apparatus needed to make or do something: writing materials. 1
- noun materials a person considered as having qualities suited to a particular sphere of activity: The boy's teachers did not think he was college material. 1
- adjective materials formed or consisting of matter; physical; corporeal: the material world. 1
- adjective materials relating to, concerned with, or involving matter: material forces. 1
- adjective materials pertaining to the physical rather than the spiritual or intellectual aspect of things: material comforts. 1
- adjective materials pertaining to or characterized by an undue interest in corporeal things; unspiritual. 1
- adjective materials of substantial import; of much consequence; important: Your support will make a material difference in the success of our program. 1
- adjective materials pertinent or essential (usually followed by to): a question not material to the subject at hand. 1
- adjective materials Law. likely to influence the determination of a case: material evidence. 1
- adjective materials Philosophy. of or relating to matter as distinguished from form. 1
- noun materials plural of material. 0
- noun plural materials the equipment necessary for a particular activity 0