materials
plural of material
materials
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of material
• Armalites, mare's tail, mare's-tail
Source: Wiktionary
Ma*te"ri*al, a. Etym: [L. materialis, fr. materia stuff, matter: cf. F. matériel. See Matter, and cf. MatÉriel.]
1. Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies. The material elements of the universe. Whewell.
2. 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.
3. Of solid or weighty character; not insubstantial; of cinsequence; not be dispensed with; important. Discourse, which was always material, never trifling. Evelyn. I shall, in the account of simple ideas, set down only such as are most material to our present purpose. Locke.
4. (Logic.)
Definition: Pertaining to the matter, as opposed to the form, of a thing. See Matter. Material cause. See under Cause.
– Material evidence (Law), evidence which conduces to the proof or disproof of a relevant hypothesis. Wharton.
Syn.
– Corporeal; bodily; important; weighty; momentous; essential.
Ma*te"ri*al, n.
Definition: The substance or matter of which anything is made or may be made. Raw material, any crude, unfinished, or elementary materials that are adapted to use only by processes of skilled labor. Cotton, wool, ore, logs, etc., are raw material.
Ma*te"ri*al, v. t.
Definition: To form from matter; to materialize. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 January 2025
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
