Material
Of substance. May also be referred to as stuff.
The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread".
This concept's ID is @1~73641
Rock
- mineral
Solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical c...
- rock
Material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust; "that...
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- paper
A material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses.
- chemical
Material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules.
- fiber
A slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn.
- waste
Any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted; "they collect the waste once a...
- color
Any material used for its color; "she used a different color for the trim".
- animal material
Material derived from animals.
- adhesive material
A substance that unites or bonds surfaces together.
- plant material
Material derived from plants.
- discharge
A substance that is emitted or released.
- speck
(nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything.
- ground
The loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface; "they dug into the...
- abradant
A substance that abrades or wears down.
- rind
The natural outer covering of food (usually removed before eating).
- builder
A substance added to soaps or detergents to increase their cleansing action.
- sealing material
Any substance used to seal joints or fill cracks in a porous surface.
- humate
Material that is high in humic acids.
- conductor
A substance that readily conducts e.g. electricity and heat.
- insulator
A material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductiv...
- foam
A lightweight material in cellular form; made by introducing gas bubbles during manufactur...
- sorbate
A material that has been or is capable of being taken up by another substance by either...
- sorbent
A material that sorbs another substance; i.e. that has the capacity or tendency to take...
- transparent substance
A material having the property of admitting light diffusely; a partly transparent...
- packing
Any material used especially to protect something.
- radioactive material
Material that is radioactive.
- staple
Material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing.
- particulate
A small discrete mass of solid or liquid matter that remains individually dispersed...
- dust
Free microscopic particles of solid material; "astronomers say that the empty space between...
- filling
Any material that fills a space or container; "there was not enough fill for the trench...
- floccule
A small loosely aggregated mass of flocculent material suspended in or precipitated from...
- ammunition
Any nuclear or chemical or biological material that can be used as a weapon of mass ...
- HAZMAT
An abbreviation for `hazardous material' used on warning signs; "NO HAZMATS IN TUNNEL".
- vernix
A white cheeselike protective material that covers the skin of a fetus.
- thickening
Any material used to thicken; "starch is used in cooking as a thickening".
- impregnation
Material with which something is impregnated; "the impregnation, whatever it was, had...
- bedding
Material used to provide a bed for animals.
- aggregate
Material such as sand or gravel used with cement and water to make concrete, mortar, or...
- detritus
Loose material (stone fragments and silt etc) that is worn away from rocks.
- toner
A black or colored powder used in a printer to develop a xerographic image.
- ballast
Any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship.
- elastomer
Any of various elastic materials that resemble rubber (resumes its original shape when...
- composite material
Strong lightweight material developed in the laboratory; fibers of more than...
- homogenate
Material that has been homogenized (especially tissue that has been ground and mixed);...
- bimetal
Material made by bonding together sheets of two different metals.
- precursor
A substance from which another substance is formed (especially by a metabolic reactio...
- fluff
Any light downy material.
- diamagnet
A substance that exhibits diamagnetism.
- undercut
The material removed by a cut made underneath.
- contamination
A substance that contaminates.