- material
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 clothADJECTIVE▪ coarse, rough, thick▪ fine, silky, soft, thin▪ woven… OF MATERIAL▪ piece, scrap, strip▪
A patchwork quilt is a good way of using up scraps of material.
2 substanceADJECTIVE▪ combustible, flammable, hazardous, inflammable (esp. BrE), nuclear, radioactive, toxic▪ primary, raw▪Higher raw material costs have pushed up the price of many manufactured goods.
▪ natural, organic, plant▪the decomposition of dead organic material such as vegetation
▪ recyclable, recycled▪ artificial, man-made, synthetic▪ composite▪The artificial turf is laid onto a rubber composite material.
▪ biological, genetic▪We have 98% of the same genetic material as chimpanzees.
▪ industrial▪ building, construction▪a storeroom full of building materials
▪ original▪Many of the original materials were reused in the restoration of the building.
▪ art, drawing, writing▪Prisoners were not allowed writing materials.
VERB + MATERIAL▪ contain, incorporate, use▪The corn contains genetically modified material.
3 written, printed, or recorded matterADJECTIVE▪ fascinating, good, relevant, useful▪ source▪The letters were used as source material in this new biography.
▪ original▪The magazine contains not one bit of original material.
▪ classified, confidential, sensitive▪ copyright, copyrighted▪ printed▪The collection includes objects and printed material.
▪ unpublished▪ reading▪This is not really suitable reading material for a young child.
▪ educational, instructional, reference, teaching▪ marketing, promotional▪ additional, bonus, extra, supplemental (esp. AmE), supplementary▪The DVD includes some great supplementary material.
▪ archival, biographical, historical▪The library has a wealth of old photographs and other archival material.
▪ explicit, indecent, obscene, pornographic▪He was convicted of importing indecent material.
VERB + MATERIAL▪ collect, find, gather, get hold of▪He's collecting material for a new book on space travel.
▪I can't find any relevant material on him in the library.
▪ contain, include▪This new biography contains a wealth of previously unpublished material.
▪ produce, publishPREPOSITION▪ material for▪useful material for a documentary
▪ material on▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}original material on the First World War
adj.Material is used with these nouns: ↑advancement, ↑advantage, ↑assistance, ↑benefit, ↑comfort, ↑deprivation, ↑discrepancy, ↑evidence, ↑existence, ↑expression, ↑gain, ↑goods, ↑hardship, ↑improvement, ↑inaccuracy, ↑incentive, ↑need, ↑object, ↑possession, ↑progress, ↑prosperity, ↑reality, ↑realm, ↑resource, ↑respect, ↑reward, ↑self-interest, ↑substance, ↑success, ↑supplier, ↑term, ↑universe, ↑want, ↑wealth, ↑well-being, ↑witness, ↑world
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
