Definition of material

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Material (a.) Pertaining to the matter, as opposed to the form, of a thing. See Matter..

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Mungo :: Mungo (n.) A fibrous material obtained by deviling rags or the remnants of woolen goods.
Crystal :: Crystal (n.) The material of quartz, in crystallization transparent or nearly so, and either colorless or slightly tinged with gray, or the like; -- called also rock crystal. Ornamental vessels are made of it. Cf. Smoky quartz, Pebble; also Brazilian pebble, under Brazilian..
Concoct :: Concoct (v. t.) To prepare from crude materials, as food; to invent or prepare by combining different ingredients; as, to concoct a new dish or beverage..
Coir :: Coir (n.) A material for cordage, matting, etc., consisting of the prepared fiber of the outer husk of the cocoanut..
Moggan :: Moggan (n.) A closely fitting knit sleeve; also, a legging of knitted material..
Farrago :: Farrago (n.) A mass composed of various materials confusedly mixed; a medley; a mixture.
Facework :: Facework (n.) The material of the outside or front side, as of a wall or building; facing..
Pit :: Pit (n.) A large hole in the ground from which material is dug or quarried; as, a stone pit; a gravel pit; or in which material is made by burning; as, a lime pit; a charcoal pit..
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..
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..
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..
Hardening :: Hardening (n.) That which hardens, as a material used for converting the surface of iron into steel..
Packing :: Packing (n.) Any material used to pack, fill up, or make close..
Until :: Until (prep.) To; unto; towards; -- used of material objects.
Matter :: Matter (n.) That of which anything is composed; constituent substance; material; the material or substantial part of anything; the constituent elements of conception; that into which a notion may be analyzed; the essence; the pith; the embodiment.
Cryophorus :: Cryophorus (n.) An instrument used to illustrate the freezing of water by its own evaporation. The ordinary form consists of two glass bulbs, connected by a tube of the same material, and containing only a quantity of water and its vapor, devoid of air. The water is in one of the bulbs, and freezes when the other is cooled below 32ยก Fahr..
Worm :: Worm (n.) To wind rope, yarn, or other material, spirally round, between the strands of, as a cable; to wind with spun yarn, as a small rope..
Firework :: Firework (n.) A device for producing a striking display of light, or a figure or figures in plain or colored fire, by the combustion of materials that burn in some peculiar manner, as gunpowder, sulphur, metallic filings, and various salts. The most common feature of fireworks is a paper or pasteboard tube filled with the combustible material. A number of these tubes or cases are often combined so as to make, when kindled, a great variety of figures in fire, often variously colored. The skyrocke
Phenomenalism :: Phenomenalism (n.) That theory which limits positive or scientific knowledge to phenomena only, whether material or spiritual..
Spin :: Spin (v. t.) To draw out, and twist into threads, either by the hand or machinery; as, to spin wool, cotton, or flax; to spin goat's hair; to produce by drawing out and twisting a fibrous material..
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