MATERIAL


Meaning of MATERIAL in English

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▪ unpublished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.

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This new biography contains a wealth of previously unpublished ~.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

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .