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: something made by weaving or felting or knitting or

crocheting natural or synthetic fibers [syn: {fabric}, {cloth},

{textile}]

4: equipment needed for doing or making something; "writing

materials" or "birth-control material"

5: a person judged suitable for admission or employment; "he

was university material"; "she was vice-presidential

material"

6: written material (especially in books or magazines); "he

always took some reading matter with him on the plane"

[syn: {matter}]