material (
http://definr.com/material)
adj 1: concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests;
"material possessions"; "material wealth"; "material
comforts"
2: derived from or composed of matter; "the material universe"
[ant:
immaterial]
3: 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"
[ant:
immaterial]
4: 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
5: having material or physical form or substance; "that which
is created is of necessity corporeal and visible and
tangible" - Benjamin Jowett [syn:
corporeal] [ant:
incorporeal]
6: 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 [syn:
substantial,
real]
[ant:
insubstantial]
n 1: 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" [syn:
stuff]
2: information (data or ideas or observations) that can be
reworked into a finished form; "the archives provided rich
material for a definitive biography"
3: things needed for doing or making something; "writing
materials"; "useful teaching materials"
4: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or
crocheting natural or synthetic fibers [syn:
fabric,
cloth,
textile]
5: a person judged suitable for admission or employment; "he
was university material"; "she was vice-presidential
material"