Material | Mean of material in English Dictionary

/məˈtirijəl/

• Noun
• a substance from which something is made or can be made
1. building materials
2. paper, plastic, or other materials
3. small pieces of material
4. hard material like stone
• a substance that has a particular quality
1. a sticky material
2. explosive materials
3. genetic material
• something used in doing a particular activity
1. writing/reference materials
2. She was never without reading material.

• cloth or fabric
1. The curtains required yards of expensive material.
• information or ideas
1. He has been gathering material for a new biography.
2. The revised edition includes a large amount of new material.
3. The comedian gets his material from things that have happened to him.
• a person who is suited to a particular position or job
1. Her boss regards her as executive material. [=as someone who would make a good executive]
2. My parents never felt that I was college material. [=that I was someone who should go to college]
• relating to or made of matter
1. the material world
2. material objects
• physical rather than spiritual or intellectual
1. He is concerned only with his own material comforts/needs.
2. material goods/possessions/rewards/wealth
• having real importance
1. The researchers included all data that was material.
2. material facts
3. The evidence is not material [=relevant] to the case.