| material breach | a breach serious enough to destroy the value of the contract and to give a basis for an action for breach of contract |
metier
medium | an occupation for which you are especially well suited, in law he found his true metier |
| waste of material | a useless consumption of material |
bedding material
bedding litter | material used to provide a bed for animals |
fabric
cloth
material
textile | 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 BC, she measured off enough material for a dress |
| material | things needed for doing or making something, writing materials, useful teaching materials |
| mounting | framework used for support or display |
photographic paper
photographic material | light-sensitive paper on which photograph can be printed |
piece of cloth
piece of material | a separate part consisting of fabric |
| upholstery material | the fabric used in upholstering |
medium frequency
MF | to kilohertz |
e human body
physical body
material body
soma
build
figure
physique
anatomy
shape
bod
chassis
frame form
flesh | alternative names for the body of a human being, Leonardo studied the human body, he has a strong physique, the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak |
| medium | an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication |
| medium | a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information |
| medium mass medium | (usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public |
storage medium
data-storage medium | a medium for storing information |
magnetic storage medium
magnetic medium
magnetic storage | any storage medium in which different patterns of magnetization are used to represent stored bits or bytes of information, the hard disk in you computer is magnetic storage |
broadcast medium
broadcasting | a medium that disseminates via telecommunications |
writing
written material
piece of writing | 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 |
reading
reading material | written material intended to be read, the teacher assigned new readings, he bought some reading material at the airport |
| material | 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 |
promotion
publicity
promotional material
packaging | a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution, the packaging of new ideas |
climb
climbing
mounting | an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.) |
| medium | the surrounding environment, fish require an aqueous medium |
| interplanetary medium | interplanetary space including forms of energy and gas and dust |
| interstellar medium | interstellar space including streams of protons moving from the stars |
| material | a person judged suitable for admission or employment, he was university material, she was vice-presidential material |
| material witness | a witness whose testimony is both relevant to the matter at issue and required in order to resolve the matter |
medium
spiritualist
sensitive | someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead, he consulted several mediums |
| medium wave | a radio wave with a wavelength between and meters (a frequency between kilohertz and kilohertz) |
Canterbury bell cup and saucer
Campanula medium | European biennial widely cultivated for its blue or violet or white flowers |
tangible possession
material possession | property or belongings that are tangible |
| material resource | assets in the form of material possessions |
medium of exchange
monetary system | anything that is generally accepted as a standard of value and a measure of wealth in a particular country or region |
| medium | a state that is intermediate between extremes, a middle position, a happy medium |
material
stuff | 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 |
dispersing phase
dispersion medium
dispersing medium | (of colloids) a substance in which another is colloidally dispersed |
raw material
staple | material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing |
sorbent
sorbent material | a material that sorbs another substance, i.e. that has the capacity or tendency to take it up by either absorption or adsorption |
absorbent material
absorbent | a material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance |
adsorbent
adsorbent material | a material having capacity or tendency to adsorb another substance |
adhesive material
adhesive agent
adhesive | a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together |
| sealing material | any substance used to seal joints or fill cracks in a porous surface |
| animal material | material derived from animals |
| building material | material used for constructing buildings |
abrasive
abradant
abrasive material | a substance that abrades or wears down |
combustible
combustible material | a substance that can be burned to provide heat or power |
| composite material | strong lightweight material developed in the laboratory, fibers of more than one kind are bonded together chemically |
semiconductor
semiconducting material | a substance as germanium or silicon whose electrical conductivity is intermediate between that of a metal and an insulator, its conductivity increases with temperature and in the presence of impurities |
| covering material | a material used by builders to cover surfaces |