made of, connected with, matter or substance; of the body; of physical needs
bodily, tangible
Cases of word usage
1) a soft, grey substance that used to be made into a fireproof material (asbestos)
2) a heap of material pressed together and tied with rope or wire (bale)
3) heavy material (e.g. rock, iron, sand, water) put into a ship to keep it steady or used to make a road or a railway (ballast)
4) a flat, thin piece of material used to fasten things or to strengthen something (band)
5) a long, thin piece of material used for binding round a wound or injury (bandage)
6) to form (something) by cutting away material from a piece of wood or stone (carve)
7) material made by weaving cotton, wool etc (cloth)
8) existing in material form; that can be touched, felt etc (concrete)
9) a collection, especially of writings on a specified subject or of material for study (corpus)
10) (to make, get) a small, narrow wrinkle (in material such as foil or paper) (crinkle)