noun
It is hard to tell what material this is made of
This material is too sheer for a dress
We import the raw materials and make the finished product here
I have not yet gathered enough material for the article
adjective
It was many years before scientists could persuade people that air is a material substance
How could one horseshoe nail be material in the outcome of a battle?
He ponders the abstract, not the base, material things of everyday life
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