material

/məˈtɪəriəl/ noun

Definition

SUBSTANCE [C, U] › a solid substance from which things can be made: building materials Crude oil is used as theraw material for making plastics.

CLOTH [C, U] › cloth for making clothes, curtains, etc: Her dress was made of a soft, silky material.

INFORMATION [U] › the facts or ideas in a piece of writing: I'm collecting material for an article that I'm writing.

(Definition of material noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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