Thesaurus: material

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1. a. Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies.
2. a. 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. a. Of solid or weighty character; not insubstantial; of cinsequence; not be dispensed with; important.
4. a. Pertaining to the matter, as opposed to the form, of a thing. See Matter.
5. n. The substance or matter of which anything is made or may be made.
6. v. t. To form from matter; to materialize.
7. adj. concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests
8. adj. derived from or composed of matter
9. adj. directly relevant to a matter especially a law case
10. adj. concerned with or affecting physical as distinct from intellectual or psychological well-being
11. adj. having material or physical form or substance
12. adj. having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary