Material Made Extra Examples Good Original Suitable Noun

• building materials (= bricks, sand, glass, etc.)
• every item we sell is made out of recycled material.
• all the furniture is crafted from natural materials.
• synthetic/man-made materials

material

1. a substance that things can be made from
• SEE ALSO raw material
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/raw-material
• building materials (= bricks, sand, glass, etc.)
• Every item we sell is made out of recycled material.
• All the furniture is crafted from natural materials.
• synthetic/man-made materials
• Bacteria help break down dead plant material such as fallen leaves.
• We have 98% of the same genetic material as chimpanzees.

Extra Examples

• Higher raw material costs have pushed up the price of many manufactured goods.
• Kaolin, the source material for porcelain, was discovered near the town.
• Many of the original materials were reused in the restoration of the building.
• The artificial turf is laid onto a rubber composite material.
• A ban on risk materials from the human food chain provides protection to public health.
• The corn contains genetically modified material.
• Toxic chemicals and other materials have been found.
2. things that are needed in order to do a particular activity
• teaching materials
• They publish a range of educational materials.
• Advertising and promotional materials target the male market.
• The company produces its own training material.

Extra Examples

• Prisoners were not allowed writing materials.
• You have to buy your own art materials.
• Many household cleaning materials are highly toxic.
3. information or ideas used in books, etc.
• She's collecting material for her latest novel.
• This is not suitable reading material for a child.
• The letters were used as source material in this new biography.
• Such conflicts provide good material for film plots.

Extra Examples

• He's collecting material for a new book on space travel.
• This is not really suitable reading material for a young child.
• I can't find any relevant material on him in the library.
• The DVD includes some great supplementary material.
• The library has a wealth of old photographs and other archival material.
• The magazine contains not one bit of original material.
• This new biography contains a wealth of previously unpublished material.
• original material on the First World War
• He was convicted of importing indecent material.
• The collection includes objects and printed material.
4. cloth used for making clothes, curtains, etc.
• SYNONYM fabric
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/fabric#fabric_topg_1
• You'll need a piece of material about 20 cm square.
• ‘What material is this dress made of?’ ‘Cotton.’

Extra Examples

• satin, velvet, silk and other dress material
• A patchwork quilt is a good way of using up scraps of material.
• The military uses synthetic materials for clothing because they're more durable than cotton.
5. items used in a performance
• The band played all new material at the gig.
6. a person with particular qualities or suitable for a particular opportunity
• The teacher saw her as good university material (= good enough to go to university).
• He's not really Olympic material.

Word Origin

• late Middle English (in the sense ‘relating to matter’): from late Latin materialis, adjective from Latin materia ‘matter’.