1. Adjective
Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies.
2. Adjective
Hence: Pertaining to, or affecting, the physical nature of man, as distinguished from the mental or moral nature; relating to the bodily wants, interests, and comforts.
3. Adjective
Of solid or weighty character; not insubstantial; of cinsequence; not be dispensed with; important.
4. Adjective
Pertaining to the matter, as opposed to the form, of a thing. See Matter.
5. Noun
The substance or matter of which anything is made or may be made.
6. Verb
To form from matter; to materialize.
7. Adjective
having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary; "the substantial world"; "a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical"; "The wind was violent and felt substantial enough to lean against"
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8. Noun
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"
Vocabulary classified under Academic vocabulary
9. Adjective
having material or physical form or substance; "that which is created is of necessity corporeal and visible and tangible" - Benjamin Jowett
Vocabulary classified under History
10. Adjective
derived from or composed of matter; "the material universe"
Vocabulary classified under Geography
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