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 |
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 |
light light source | any device serving as a source of illumination, he stopped the car and turned off the lights |
material | things needed for doing or making something, writing materials, useful teaching materials |
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 |
source | a facility where something is available |
source of illumination | any device serving as a source of visible electromagnetic radiation |
ultraviolet lamp ultraviolet source | any source of illumination that emits ultraviolet radiation |
upholstery material | the fabric used in upholstering |
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 |
source seed germ | anything that provides inspiration for later work |
source language | a language that is to be translated into another language |
source code | program instructions written as an ASCII text file, must be translated by a compiler or interpreter or assembler into the object code for a particular computer before execution |
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 |
source book | a collection of historically important documents published together as a book |
source program | a program written in a language from which statements are translated into machine language |
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 |
source | a document (or organization) from which information is obtained, the reporter had two sources for the story |
source materials | publications from which information is obtained |
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 |
reference source | a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to, he carried an armful of references back to his desk, he spent hours looking for the source of that quotation |
beginning origin root rootage source | the place where something begins, where it springs into being, the Italian beginning of the Renaissance, Jupiter was the origin of the radiation, Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River, communism's Russian root |
point source | a concentrated source (especially of radiation or pollution) that is spatially constricted |
quasar quasi-stellar radio source | a starlike object that may send out radio waves and other forms of energy, many have large red shifts |
radio source | an object that radiates radio waves |
reservoir source | anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies, an infectious agent depends on a reservoir for its survival |
generator source author | someone who originates or causes or initiates something, he was the generator of several complaints |
informant source | a person who supplies information |
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 |
passive source | an informant who is not assigned to obtain specific intelligence but who routinely passes on whatever information he or she has |
tangible possession material possession | property or belongings that are tangible |
material resource | assets in the form of material possessions |
source | (technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system, a heat source, a source of carbon dioxide |
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 |
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 |