I.
noun
1 cloth
ADJECTIVE
▪ coarse , rough , thick
▪ fine , silky , soft , thin
▪ woven
… OF MATERIAL
▪ piece , scrap , strip
▪
A patchwork quilt is a good way of using up scraps of ~.
2 substance
ADJECTIVE
▪ combustible , flammable , hazardous , inflammable ( esp. BrE ), nuclear , radioactive , toxic
▪ primary , raw
▪
Higher raw ~ costs have pushed up the price of many manufactured goods.
▪ natural , organic , plant
▪
the decomposition of dead organic ~ such as vegetation
▪ recyclable , recycled
▪ artificial , man-made , synthetic
▪ composite
▪
The artificial turf is laid onto a rubber composite ~.
▪ biological , genetic
▪
We have 98% of the same genetic ~ as chimpanzees.
▪ industrial
▪ building , construction
▪
a storeroom full of building ~s
▪ original
▪
Many of the original ~s were reused in the restoration of the building.
▪ art , drawing , writing
▪
Prisoners were not allowed writing ~s.
VERB + MATERIAL
▪ contain , incorporate , use
▪
The corn contains genetically modified ~.
3 written, printed, or recorded matter
ADJECTIVE
▪ fascinating , good , relevant , useful
▪ source
▪
The letters were used as source ~ in this new biography.
▪ original
▪
The magazine contains not one bit of original ~.
▪ classified , confidential , sensitive
▪ copyright , copyrighted
▪ printed
▪
The collection includes objects and printed ~.
▪ unpublished
▪ reading
▪
This is not really suitable reading ~ for a young child.
▪ educational , instructional , reference , teaching
▪ marketing , promotional
▪ additional , bonus , extra , supplemental ( esp. AmE ), supplementary
▪
The DVD includes some great supplementary ~.
▪ archival , biographical , historical
▪
The library has a wealth of old photographs and other archival ~.
▪ explicit , indecent , obscene , pornographic
▪
He was convicted of importing indecent ~.
VERB + MATERIAL
▪ collect , find , gather , get hold of
▪
He's collecting ~ for a new book on space travel.
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I can't find any relevant ~ on him in the library.
▪ contain , include
▪
This new biography contains a wealth of previously unpublished ~.
▪ produce , publish
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ for
▪
useful ~ for a documentary
▪ ~ on
▪
original ~ on the First World War
II.
adj.
Material is used with these nouns: ↑ advancement , ↑ advantage , ↑ assistance , ↑ benefit , ↑ comfort , ↑ deprivation , ↑ discrepancy , ↑ evidence , ↑ existence , ↑ expression , ↑ gain , ↑ goods , ↑ hardship , ↑ improvement , ↑ inaccuracy , ↑ incentive , ↑ need , ↑ object , ↑ possession , ↑ progress , ↑ prosperity , ↑ reality , ↑ realm , ↑ resource , ↑ respect , ↑ reward , ↑ self-interest , ↑ substance , ↑ success , ↑ supplier , ↑ term , ↑ universe , ↑ want , ↑ wealth , ↑ well-being , ↑ witness , ↑ world