Definition of material

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Material (a.) Of solid or weighty character; not insubstantial; of cinsequence; not be dispensed with; important.

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Unbending :: Unbending (a.) Not bending; not suffering flexure; not yielding to pressure; stiff; -- applied to material things.
Substance :: Substance (n.) That which underlies all outward manifestations; substratum; the permanent subject or cause of phenomena, whether material or spiritual; that in which properties inhere; that which is real, in distinction from that which is apparent; the abiding part of any existence, in distinction from any accident; that which constitutes anything what it is; real or existing essence..
Material :: Material (v. t.) To form from matter; to materialize.
Casket :: Casket (n.) A small chest or box, esp. of rich material or ornamental character, as for jewels, etc..
Feed :: Feed (n.) The motion, or act, of carrying forward the stuff to be operated upon, as cloth to the needle in a sewing machine; or of producing progressive operation upon any material or object in a machine, as, in a turning lathe, by moving the cutting tool along or in the work..
Elemental :: Elemental (a.) Pertaining to the elements, first principles, and primary ingredients, or to the four supposed elements of the material world; as, elemental air..
Homogeneousness :: Homogeneousness (n.) Sameness 9kind or nature; uniformity of structure or material.
Manequin :: Manequin (n.) An artist's model of wood or other material.
Immovable :: Immovable (a.) Incapable of being moved; firmly fixed; fast; -- used of material things; as, an immovable foundatin..
Gneiss :: Gneiss (n.) A crystalline rock, consisting, like granite, of quartz, feldspar, and mica, but having these materials, especially the mica, arranged in planes, so that it breaks rather easily into coarse slabs or flags. Hornblende sometimes takes the place of the mica, and it is then called hornblendic / syenitic gneiss. Similar varieties of related rocks are also called gneiss..
Wimple :: Wimple (n.) A covering of silk, linen, or other material, for the neck and chin, formerly worn by women as an outdoor protection, and still retained in the dress of nuns..
Matting :: Matting (v. t. & i.) Materials for mats.
Model :: Model (n.) Something intended to serve, or that may serve, as a pattern of something to be made; a material representation or embodiment of an ideal; sometimes, a drawing; a plan; as, the clay model of a sculpture; the inventor's model of a machine..
Remblai :: Remblai (n.) Earth or materials made into a bank after having been excavated.
Quoin :: Quoin (n.) Originally, a solid exterior angle, as of a building; now, commonly, one of the selected pieces of material by which the corner is marked..
Tar :: Tar (n.) A thick, black, viscous liquid obtained by the distillation of wood, coal, etc., and having a varied composition according to the temperature and material employed in obtaining it..
Corneocalcareous :: Corneocalcareous (a.) Formed of a mixture of horny and calcareous materials, as some shells and corals..
Allomorph :: Allomorph (n.) A variety of pseudomorph which has undergone partial or complete change or substitution of material; -- thus limonite is frequently an allomorph after pyrite.
Brew :: Brew (v. t.) To prepare, as beer or other liquor, from malt and hops, or from other materials, by steeping, boiling, and fermentation..
Apron :: Apron (n.) A piece of leather, or other material, to be spread before a person riding on an outside seat of a vehicle, to defend him from the rain, snow, or dust; a boot..
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