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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Belting :: Belting (n.) The material of which belts for machinery are made; also, belts, taken collectively..
Couching :: Couching (n.) Embroidering by laying the materials upon the surface of the foundation, instead of drawing them through..
Solidness :: Solidness (n.) State or quality of being solid; firmness; compactness; solidity, as of material bodies..
Shears :: Shears (n.) An instrument consisting of two blades, commonly with bevel edges, connected by a pivot, and working on both sides of the material to be cut, -- used for cutting cloth and other substances..
Employ :: Employ (v. t.) To use; to have in service; to cause to be engaged in doing something; -- often followed by in, about, on, or upon, and sometimes by to; as: (a) To make use of, as an instrument, a means, a material, etc., for a specific purpose; to apply; as, to employ the pen in writing, bricks in building, words and phrases in speaking; to employ the mind; to employ one's energies..
Sensation :: Sensation (n.) A purely spiritual or psychical affection; agreeable or disagreeable feelings occasioned by objects that are not corporeal or material.
Facing :: Facing (n.) The finishing of any face of a wall with material different from that of which it is chiefly composed, or the coating or material so used..
Grain :: Grain (n.) The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any fibrous material.
Tool :: Tool (n.) A machine for cutting or shaping materials; -- also called machine tool.
Tablet :: Tablet (n.) A flat piece of any material on which to write, paint, draw, or engrave; also, such a piece containing an inscription or a picture..
Phonograph :: Phonograph (n.) An instrument for the mechanical registration and reproduction of audible sounds, as articulate speech, etc. It consists of a rotating cylinder or disk covered with some material easily indented, as tinfoil, wax, paraffin, etc., above which is a thin plate carrying a stylus. As the plate vibrates under the influence of a sound, the stylus makes minute indentations or undulations in the soft material, and these, when the cylinder or disk is again turned, set the plate in vibration
Petrostearine :: Petrostearine (n.) A solid unctuous material, of which candles are made..
Bed :: Bed (n.) The place or material in which a block or brick is laid.
Booth :: Booth (n.) A house or shed built of boards, boughs, or other slight materials, for temporary occupation..
Letterpress :: Letterpress (n.) Print; letters and words impressed on paper or other material by types; -- often used of the reading matter in distinction from the illustrations.
Plaid :: Plaid (n.) Goods of any quality or material of the pattern of a plaid or tartan; a checkered cloth or pattern.
Engraving :: Engraving (n.) The act or art of producing upon hard material incised or raised patterns, characters, lines, and the like; especially, the art of producing such lines, etc., in the surface of metal plates or blocks of wood. Engraving is used for the decoration of the surface itself; also, for producing an original, from which a pattern or design may be printed on paper..
Coarse :: Coarse (superl.) Large in bulk, or composed of large parts or particles; of inferior quality or appearance; not fine in material or close in texture; gross; thick; rough; -- opposed to fine; as, coarse sand; coarse thread; coarse cloth; coarse bread..
Mill :: Mill (n.) An excavation in rock, transverse to the workings, from which material for filling is obtained..
Trolly :: Trolly (n.) A form of truck which can be tilted, for carrying railroad materials, or the like..
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