materialnounmasculine/maˈtɛɾiɐɫ/highma·te·ri·alPortuguesEnglishEspanolFrancaisDefinitionSubstance or substances that make up an object.The material of the table is wood.We need more material for the project.synsubstancecomponentCommon collocationsrecyclable materialconstruction materialEtymologyDo latim 'materialis'Related wordsmateriaismaterialismomaterializar