material
part of speech
noun (a material, materials; material, uncountable); adjective (material — formal)
meaning for a pupil
1) A material is what something is made of, such as wood, metal, plastic, glass or cloth. tree →
2) Material is cloth or fabric used to make clothes and curtains. tree →
3) Materials are the things you need to do a job, like art materials or building materials. tree →
4) Material is information or ideas used to make a book, lesson or show. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science, children sort and test materials by their properties: hard or soft, waterproof or not, magnetic or not, transparent or opaque, natural or man-made. They learn that materials can change (melting, burning) and that some changes can be reversed. In design and technology, you choose the best material for a job. Phrases: natural materials, man-made materials, raw materials, building materials, reading material.
examples
- Google is proud to partner with libraries to digitize public domain materials and make them widely accessible. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- We encourage the use of public domain materials for these purposes and may be able to help. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- Body ; the word is GUP, usually applied to the animal material body, but here means '' one whole." (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- The table is made of a hard material called oak. tree →
- Which material is best for a raincoat? tree →
- Glass is a transparent material. tree →
- Mum bought blue material to make curtains. tree →
- Bring your art materials on Friday. tree →
- Recycling saves raw materials. tree →
- Plastic is a man-made material. tree →
- Fitzgerald are known to have much story material in their possession. tree →
note
Can be countable (different materials) or uncountable (some material for a dress). Do not confuse "material" (what a thing is made of) with "object" (the thing itself): a spoon is an object; metal is its material. In science tests, give a property to explain your choice of material.
In the corpora
- The family of an instrument depends on how the sound is made, not on its material.
- A label gives the artist, date and material, but you can enjoy art just by looking and asking yourself questions.
- An artist's price pays for years of learning, materials and the idea, not only the hour spent drawing.
- Mutations are the raw material of evolution.
- There were few trees on the cold steppe, so giant bones were the best building material they had.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «material» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.