Thesaurus:material

Thesaurus

material

English

Noun

Sense: matter able to be shaped or manipulated, particularly in making something

Synonyms

• material

Hyponyms

• adobe
• brick
• cement
• chemical substance    [⇒ thesaurus]
• clay
• composite
• concrete
• fabric    [⇒ thesaurus]
• glass
• metal    [⇒ thesaurus]
• mortar
• paper
• plastic
• stone
• wood

Holonyms

• artifact    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “635. materials” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “material” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.