Word Definition

Material

  1. Hence: Pertaining to, or affecting, the physical nature of man, as distinguished from the mental or moral nature; relating to the bodily wants, interests, and comforts.
  2. Of solid or weighty character; not insubstantial; of cinsequence; not be dispensed with; important.
  3. Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies.
  4. To form from matter; to materialize.
  5. The substance or matter of which anything is made or may be made.
  6. Pertaining to the matter, as opposed to the form, of a thing. See Matter.