Definition of material

• a. - Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies.
• 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.
• a. - Of solid or weighty character; not insubstantial; of cinsequence; not be dispensed with; important.
• a. - Pertaining to the matter, as opposed to the form, of a thing. See Matter.
• n. - The substance or matter of which anything is made or may be made.
• v. t. - To form from matter; to materialize.