Definition of material

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Material (a.) Hence: Pertaining to, or affecting, the physical nature of man, as distinguished from the mental or moral nature; relating to the bodily wants, interests, and comforts..

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Rolling-pin :: Rolling-pin (n.) A cylindrical piece of wood or other material, with which paste or dough may be rolled out and reduced to a proper thickness..
Element :: Element (n.) The whole material composing the world.
Virtual :: Virtual (a.) Having the power of acting or of invisible efficacy without the agency of the material or sensible part; potential; energizing.
Stinkpot :: Stinkpot (n.) An earthen jar charged with powder, grenades, and other materials of an offensive and suffocating smell, -- sometimes used in boarding an enemy's vessel..
Carving :: Carving (n.) A piece of decorative work cut in stone, wood, or other material..
Repair :: Repair (n.) Restoration to a sound or good state after decay, waste, injury, or partial restruction; supply of loss; reparation; as, materials are collected for the repair of a church or of a city..
Sedimentation :: Sedimentation (n.) The act of depositing a sediment; specifically (Geol.), the deposition of the material of which sedimentary rocks are formed..
Workbag :: Workbag (n.) A bag for holding implements or materials for work; especially, a reticule, or bag for holding needlework, and the like..
Mortar :: Mortar (n.) A building material made by mixing lime, cement, or plaster of Paris, with sand, water, and sometimes other materials; -- used in masonry for joining stones, bricks, etc., also for plastering, and in other ways..
Immateriate :: Immateriate (a.) Immaterial.
Caisson :: Caisson (n.) A chest filled with explosive materials, to be laid in the way of an enemy and exploded on his approach..
Deuterogenic :: Deuterogenic (a.) Of secondary origin; -- said of certain rocks whose material has been derived from older rocks.
Busk :: Busk (n.) A thin, elastic strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the front of a corset..
Mill :: Mill (n.) An excavation in rock, transverse to the workings, from which material for filling is obtained..
Puddening :: Puddening (n.) A bunch of soft material to prevent chafing between spars, or the like..
Studding Sail :: Studding (n.) Material for studs, or joists; studs, or joists, collectively; studs..
Materialize :: Materialize (v. t.) To invest with material characteristics; to make perceptible to the senses; hence, to present to the mind through the medium of material objects..
Paper :: Paper (n.) A substance in the form of thin sheets or leaves intended to be written or printed on, or to be used in wrapping. It is made of rags, straw, bark, wood, or other fibrous material, which is first reduced to pulp, then molded, pressed, and dried..
Fecundation :: Fecundation (n.) The act by which, either in animals or plants, material prepared by the generative organs the female organism is brought in contact with matter from the organs of the male, so that a new organism results; impregnation; fertilization..
Pointing :: Pointing (n.) The act of filling and finishing the joints in masonry with mortar, cement, etc.; also, the material so used..
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