Definitions for materials
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1. materials

   Plural of material.

   The pink material is sold online along with a variety of other color materials.

   Submitted by MaryC on November 22, 2015  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'materials' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1499

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'materials' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3339

Anagrams for materials »

1. Armalites

How to pronounce materials?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of materials in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of materials in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of materials in a Sentence

1. Leslie Henderson:

   It's a really difficult time for small brewers right now, because we use a huge amount of stainless steel, and many of us use a huge amount of aluminum too, anything that impacts the cost of our production equipment and our raw materials is going to be extremely painful for all of us.

2. Robert Gippert:

   The essence of stem-cell treatment is that we can achieve an improvement in the quality of life of patients who cannot be helped by operations or medical treatment, just like in humans, the worn out joint of Igor the tiger will heal due to the regenerative and self-healing effects of stem cells, without the use of external materials.

3. Jeffrey Rosen:

   Richard Nixon had to turn over arguably privileged materials, here there's no claim of executive privilege, the tax returns were before Richard Nixon was president, Richard Nixon's not going to be arrested.

4. Chief Executive Antoine Frerot:

   The waste streams of developed countries are a real mine for raw materials, and even if we do not become a mining company, our recycling activities increasingly compete with the mining industry.

5. John Marston:

   I'm sure there are many ways to structure access to a significant amount of this information, negotiating and finding a common agreement on access to the materials would help us all move past this.

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