word-vault/dist/data/cards/ma/material.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "material",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a substance that things can be made from",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**building materials** *(= bricks, sand, glass, etc.)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Every item we sell is made out of recycled material."
                },
                {
                    "text": "All the furniture is crafted from natural materials."
                },
                {
                    "text": "synthetic/man-made materials"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Bacteria help break down dead plant material such as fallen leaves."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We have 98% of the same genetic material as chimpanzees."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Higher raw material costs have pushed up the price of many manufactured goods."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Kaolin, the source material for porcelain, was discovered near the town."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many of the original materials were reused in the restoration of the building."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The artificial turf is laid onto a rubber composite material."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A ban on risk materials from the human food chain provides protection to public health."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The corn contains genetically modified material."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Toxic chemicals and other materials have been found."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Physics and chemistry"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["combustible", "flammable", "hazardous"],
                "verb + material": ["contain", "incorporate", "use"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "things that are needed in order to do a particular activity",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "teaching materials"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They publish a range of educational materials."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Advertising and promotional materials target the male market."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company produces its own training material."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Prisoners were not allowed writing materials."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You have to buy your own art materials."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many household cleaning materials are highly toxic."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "information or ideas used in books, etc.",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She's collecting material for her latest novel."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This is not suitable **reading material** for a child."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The letters were used as **source material** in this new biography."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Such conflicts provide good material for film plots."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's collecting material for a new book on space travel."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I can't find any relevant material on him in the library."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The download includes some great supplementary material."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The library has a wealth of old photographs and other archival material."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The magazine contains not one bit of original material."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This new biography contains a wealth of previously unpublished material."
                },
                {
                    "text": "original material on the First World War"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was convicted of importing indecent material."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The collection includes objects and printed material."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["fascinating", "good", "relevant"],
                "verb + material": ["collect", "find", "gather"],
                "preposition": ["material for", "material on"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "cloth used for making clothes, curtains, etc.",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You'll need a piece of material about 20 cm square."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘What material is this dress made of?’ ‘Cotton.’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "satin, velvet, silk and other dress material"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A patchwork quilt is a good way of using up scraps of material."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The military uses synthetic materials for clothing because they're more durable than cotton."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "fabric",
            "topics": ["Clothes and Fashion"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["coarse", "rough", "thick"],
                "… of material": ["piece", "scrap", "strip"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "items used in a performance",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The band played all new material at the gig."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "a person with particular qualities or suitable for a particular opportunity",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The teacher saw her as good university material *(= good enough to go to university)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's not really Olympic material."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/məˈtɪəriəl/",
                "audio": "ma/material/material__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/məˈtɪriəl/",
                "audio": "ma/material/material__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘relating to matter’): from late Latin materialis, adjective from Latin materia ‘matter’."
}