Materiel

//mətɪɹiˈɛl// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Military equipment, apparatus, and supplies. countable, uncountable

    "Instead, it was a 1941 Volkswagen Kübelwagen Type 82, the first acquisition in a collection of war matériel begun 10 years ago by Mr. Coffman, a refrigeration service technician from Marengo, Ill."

  2. 2
    equipment and supplies of a military force wordnet

Synonyms

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abundanceaccoutermentsaccumulationamassmentapparatusappliance

Example

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"Algeria has carried out a significant renovation of its military equipment, purchasing billions of dollars of Russian military materiel."

Etymology

Borrowed from French matériel. Doublet of material.

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