material


Meanings

  • the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object;
    • "coal is a hard black material"
  • 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;
    • "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; - T.Roosevelt
    • "material needs"
    • "the moral and material welfare of all good citizens"
  • having material or physical form or substance; - Benjamin Jowett
  • having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary; - Shakespeare
  • MATERIAL n pl. -S the substance of which anything is or may be composed


Scrabble Score: 10

material is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

material is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

material is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 12

material is a valid Words With Friends word