Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

n. anything owned or possessed

n. being controlled by passion or the supernatural

n. things needed for doing or making something; "writing materials"; "useful teaching materials"

n. information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form; "the archives provided rich material for a definitive biography"

possession, ownership

n. the act of having and controlling property

possession, monomania

n. a mania restricted to one thing or idea

material, stuff

n. the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread"

fabric, cloth, material, textile

n. artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"

matter, writing, material, written material

n. the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect); "the writing in her novels is excellent"; "that editorial was a fine piece of writing"

material

adj. derived from or composed of matter; "the material universe"

material

adj. directly relevant to a matter especially a law case; "his support made a material difference"; "evidence material to the issue at hand"; "facts likely to influence the judgment are called material facts"; "a material witness"

material

adj. concerned with or affecting physical as distinct from intellectual or psychological well-being; "material needs"; "the moral and material welfare of all good citizens"- T.Roosevelt

material

adj. concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests; "material possessions"; "material wealth"; "material comforts"

material, corporeal

adj. having material or physical form or substance; "that which is created is of necessity corporeal and visible and tangible" - Benjamin Jowett

acquisition

n. something acquired; "a recent acquisition by the museum"

proprietorship, proprietary

n. an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits

resource

n. available source of wealth; a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when needed

accessory, accoutrement, accouterment

n. clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing

kit, outfit

n. gear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose

garbage, refuse, scraps, food waste

n. food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)

rubbish, trash

n. worthless material that is to be disposed of

ragbag, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, odds and ends, oddments, melange, farrago, omnium-gatherum

n. a motley assortment of things

falderal, folderol, frills, gimcrackery, gimcracks, nonsense, trumpery

n. ornamental objects of no great value

tag, rag, shred, tatter, tag end

n. a small piece of cloth or paper

substance, matter

n. that which has mass and occupies space; "an atom is the smallest indivisible unit of matter"

animal, sensual, carnal, fleshly

adj. marked by the appetites and passions of the body; "animal instincts"; "carnal knowledge"; "fleshly desire"; "a sensual delight in eating"; "music is the only sensual pleasure without vice"

corporal, corporeal, bodily, somatic

adj. affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit; "bodily needs"; "a corporal defect"; "corporeal suffering"; "a somatic symptom or somatic illness"

bodily, carnal

adj. of or relating to or belonging to the body; "a bodily organ"; "bodily functions"

concrete

adj. capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary; "concrete objects such as trees"

physical

adj. concerned with material things; "physical properties"; "the physical characteristics of the earth"; "the physical size of a computer"

real, existent

adj. being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory; "real objects"; "real people; not ghosts"; "a film based on real life"; "a real illness"; "real humility"; "Life is real! Life is earnest!"- Longfellow

tangible

adj. perceptible by the senses especially the sense of touch; "skin with a tangible roughness"

economic

adj. financially rewarding; "it was no longer economic to keep the factory open"; "have to keep prices high enough to make it economic to continue the service"

real, substantial

adj. having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary; "the substantial world"; "a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical"; "most ponderous and substantial things"- Shakespeare

animal, sensual, carnal, fleshly

adj. marked by the appetites and passions of the body; "animal instincts"; "carnal knowledge"; "fleshly desire"; "a sensual delight in eating"; "music is the only sensual pleasure without vice"

corporal, corporeal, bodily, somatic

adj. affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit; "bodily needs"; "a corporal defect"; "corporeal suffering"; "a somatic symptom or somatic illness"

personal

adj. intimately concerning a person's body or physical being; "personal hygiene"

physiological, physiologic

adj. of or consistent with an organism's normal functioning; "physiologic functions"; "physiological processes"

earthly, temporal

adj. of the material world; "temporal possessions of the church"

terrestrial, mundane, sublunary

adj. concerned with the world or worldly matters; "mundane affairs"; "he developed an immense terrestrial practicality"

mercenary, materialistic, worldly-minded

adj. marked by materialism

bodied

adj. having a body or a body of a specified kind; often used in combination; "strong-bodied"; "big-bodied"

immaterial

adj. not consisting of matter; "immaterial apparitions"; "ghosts and other immaterial entities"

immaterial

adj. of no importance or relevance especially to a law case; "an objection that is immaterial after the fact"

immaterial, incorporeal

adj. without material form or substance; "an incorporeal spirit"

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