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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Materialsnoun

    this word is scarcely used in the singular; The substance of which any thing is made.

    Etymology: materiaux, French.

    The West-Indians, and many nations of the Africans, finding means and materials, have been taught, by their own necessities, to pass rivers in a boat of one tree. Walter Raleigh.

    Intending an accurate enumeration of medical materials, the omission hereof affords some probability it was not used by the ancients. Thomas Browne, Vulg. Errours, b. i.

    David, who made such rich provision of materials for the building of the temple, because he had dipt his hands in blood, was not permitted to lay a stone in that sacred pile. South.

    That lamp in one of the heathen temples the art of man might make of some such material as the stone asbestus, which being once enkindled will burn without being consumed. John Wilkins.

    The materials of that building very fortunately ranged themselves into that delicate order, that it must be a very great chance that parts them. John Tillotson.

    Simple ideas, the materials of all our knowlege, are suggested to the mind only by sensation and reflection. John Locke.

    Such a fool was never found,
    Who pull’d a palace to the ground,
    Only to have the ruins made
    Materials for an house decay’d. Jonathan Swift, Miscel.

Wikipedia

  1. materials

    Material is a substance or mixture of substances that constitutes an object. Materials can be pure or impure, living or non-living matter. Materials can be classified on the basis of their physical and chemical properties, or on their geological origin or biological function. Materials science is the study of materials, their properties and their applications. Raw materials can be processed in different ways to influence their properties, by purification, shaping or the introduction of other materials. New materials can be produced from raw materials by synthesis. In industry, materials are inputs to manufacturing processes to produce products or more complex materials.

Editors Contribution

  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

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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. Suad Eco:

    We have raw-materials and market demand but uncontrolled logging and export of sawlogs may cost the sector dearly.

  2. Professor Dan Luo:

    We are introducing a brand-new, lifelike material concept powered by its very own artificial metabolism, we are not making something thats alive, but we are creating materials that are much more lifelike than have ever been seen before.

  3. Timothy Fiore:

    Virtually all basic and intermediate manufacturing materials are experiencing price increases as a result of product scarcity.

  4. Brad Hutton:

    We have a strong commitment to making sure our materials are not just culturally competent but optimally achieving the objectives we're trying to achieve, we always take the community's advice and improve the product.

  5. William Whittaker:

    It is the lava tubes that are likely to hold the only pristine materials on the moon.

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