material

/məˈtɪəriəl/ noun

Translation

SUBSTANCE [C, U] › a solid substance from which things can be made

madde, malzeme

building materials Crude oil is used as theraw material for making plastics.1254

CLOTH [C, U] › cloth for making clothes, curtains, etc

kumaş

Her dress was made of a soft, silky material.2268

INFORMATION [U] › the facts or ideas in a piece of writing

bir yazıdaki gerçekler ve fikirler

I'm collecting material for an article that I'm writing.1211

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

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