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a physical substance that things can be made from: building materials, such as stone. Crude oil is used as the raw (= basic) material for making plastics. Fewer examples. The meteorites contained only inorganic material. Clay is a very plastic material. Uranium is a radioactive material.
Synonyms for MATERIAL: potential, substance, making, potentiality, timber, stuff, raw material, possibility; Antonyms of MATERIAL: immaterial, nonmaterial, nonphysical, incorporeal, formless, disembodied, insubstantial, invisible.
A material is a substance or mixture of substances that constitutes an object. Materials can be pure or impure, living or non-living matter. Materials can be classified on the basis of their physical and chemical properties, or on their geological origin or biological function.
noun. uk / məˈtɪəriəl / us. material noun (SUBSTANCE) Add to word list. B2. a solid substance from which things can be made: building materials. Crude oil is used as the raw material for making plastics. Fewer examples. Organic material releases nutrients into the soil. Steel is an important construction material.
Britannica Dictionary definition of MATERIAL. 1. a : a substance from which something is made or can be made. [count] building materials. paper, plastic, or other materials. [noncount] small pieces of material. hard material like stone. — see also raw material. b : a substance that has a particular quality. [count] a sticky material.
3 days ago · material in British English. (məˈtɪərɪəl ) noun. 1. the substance of which a thing is made or composed; component or constituent matter. raw material. 2. facts, notes, etc, that a finished work may be based on or derived from. enough material for a book.
Definition of material noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. material. noun. OPAL W OPAL S. /məˈtɪəriəl/ /məˈtɪriəl/ [countable, uncountable] a substance that things can be made from. building materials (= bricks, sand, glass, etc.) Every item we sell is made out of recycled material.
