Another interesting source of energy is the heat that can be recovered from radioactive waste material.
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Material
//məˈtɪə.ɹi.əl//
Synonyms for "material" (421 found)
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Closest matches (85)
fabriccorporealmundanephysicalsubstancesubstantialworldlya proposab ovoabsoluteabundanceaccumulationactualad remadamicadducibleadmissibleairamassmentanimal
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animalisticapparatusappertainingapplicableapplyingappositeappreciableappropriateaproposasphaltatomatomic particlesatomsattestativeattestiveauthenticbacklogballpoint penbasalbased onbasicbeastlikebeastlybedrockbeingbelongingbestialbibliographybigbig leaguebig namebig timebig-leaguebig-namebig-timebigwigbigwiggedblackboardblacktopbodilybody of knowledgebody of learningbrickbrutalbrutebrute matterbrutishbudgetbuilding blockcanvascardinalcarnalcarnal-mindedcarpetingcentralcertainchalkchemical elementcirceancircumstantialclapboardcloth
Strong matches (126)
coarsecobblestonecollectioncommissariatcommissarycomponentcomponentsconclusiveconcreteconsequentialconsiderableconstituentconstituentsconstitutiveconvincingcorecork tilecornucopiacorporalcrayon
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creaturecrucialcumulationcumulativecyclopediadamningdatadecisivedeterminativedistillatedistillationdocumentarydocumentationdocumenteddocumentsdouble-barreleddraperydumpearthearthlyearthshakingearthyelementelementalelementaryelementary particleelementary unitelementselixirencyclopediaentityequipmenteraseressenceessentialetoffeevidentialevidentiaryex parteeye-witnesseyewitnessfactsfactualfallenfeltfiber glassfibrefiguresfinalfirefirsthandflagflaggingflagstonefleshlyflooringfocalformformicafounded onfundamentalfundamental particlegeargermanegistgoodgoodsgrandgreatgrossgrounded onguthabilimentsheaphearsayheartheavyweighthigh poweredhigh-poweredhoardhylehylichypostasisimplicitimportantin pointincontrovertibleindicativeindispensableindisputableindividualinformationingredientinkinkhorninkstandinkwellinventoryinvisible inkinvolvingirrefutableirresistiblekernel
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (210)
lacelapsedlarderlaylead pencillife-and-deathlife-or-deathlinoleumliteratureliveloremacadammachinerymajormajor leaguemarrowmasonitemassmaterial worldmaterialistic
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materialitymaterialsmateriatematerielmattermeaningfulmeansmeatmediummoleculemomentousmonadmunitionsnamenaperynatural worldnaturenibnonspiritualnotesnubnuncupativeobjectobjectiveof the essenceof vital importanceorgiasticoriginaloutfitoutwardoverwhelmingpalpablepantilepaperpapersparaphernaliaparquetpavementpavestonepavingpenperceptiblepertainingpertinentphenomenalphilistinephysical worldpilepithplasterboardplenitudeplentyplenumplumeplywoodpointponderablepostlapsarianpreparationpresumptiveprimalprimaryprimitiveprobativeprofaneprovisionprovisionmentprovisionspublicationsquillquintessenceradicalragrationsrealreedrelevantreliablerepertoirerepertoryresearchresourcesrickroofageroofingroofing papersapsecularself-importantsensiblesensualseriousshakesheathing boardsheetingshinglesidingsignificantsilkslatesolidsomaticsoulspiritspun glassstackstatisticsstencilstockstock-in-tradestockpilestonestorestore of knowledgestoresstuffstylestylographstylussubjectsubstantivesubstratumsuggestivesum and substancesuperiorsuppliessupply on handsureswinishsympathetic inksymptomaticsystem of knowledgetabletablettackletacklingtangibletar papertellingtemporalterrestrialtextiletextile fabrictexturethatchthe four elementsthingtiletilestonetilingtimbertissutissueto the pointto the purposetreasuretreasurytreasury of informationtrueunderlyingunit of beingunspiritualvalidveneervitalwainscotingwallboardwallingwallpaperwaterweatherboardweavewebweftweightywoodwoofwoolworld shakingworld-shaking
Noun(4 words)
Adjective(2 words)
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8 entriesMore specific
15 entriesAntonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
5 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesat location
7 entriesderived
65 entriesShowing 16 of 65 words.
has context
2 entriesholonym
1 entriesis a
4 entriesrelated to
73 entriesShowing 16 of 73 words.
similar
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
used for
4 entriesTranslations
247 translations across 76 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- materiaal noun (matter)
Albanian
2 entries- lëndor noun (matter)
- material noun (matter)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ὑλικός adj (related to matter)
- ὕλη noun (matter)
Arabic
3 entries- مَادِّيّ adj (related to matter)
- مَادِّيّ adj (worldly)
- مَادَّة noun (matter)
Armenian
4 entries- էական adj (significant)
- կարեւոր adj (significant)
- նյութական adj (related to matter)
- նյութական adj (worldly)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- maddə noun (matter)
- material noun (matter)
Belarusian
2 entries- матэрыя́льны adj (related to matter)
- матэрыя́л noun (matter)
Bengali
1 entries- উপাদান noun (matter)
Bulgarian
4 entries- важен adj (significant)
- веществен adj (related to matter)
- материален adj (related to matter)
- светски adj (worldly)
Burmese
1 entries- ပစ္စည်း noun (matter)
Catalan
3 entries- material adj (related to matter)
- material adj (worldly)
- material noun (matter)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 布 noun (cloth)
- 材料 noun (matter)
- 物質 /物质 noun (matter)
- 資料 /资料 noun (text)
Czech
4 entries- hmotný adj (worldly)
- materiální adj (worldly)
- materiálový adj (related to matter)
- materiál noun (matter)
Danish
4 entries- materiel adj (related to matter)
- materiel adj (worldly)
- materiale noun (matter)
- materiale noun (text)
Dari
1 entries- مَادَّه noun (matter)
Dutch
4 entries- materieel adj (related to matter)
- materieel adj (worldly)
- materiële adj (related to matter)
- materiële adj (worldly)
Esperanto
3 entries- materia adj (related to matter)
- materialo noun (matter)
- ŝtofo noun (cloth)
Estonian
1 entries- materjal noun (matter)
Finnish
4 entries- aineellinen adj (related to matter)
- maallinen adj (worldly)
- materiaalinen adj (related to matter)
- materiaalinen adj (worldly)
French
4 entries- matériel adj (worldly)
- documentation noun (related data of various kinds collected as the basis for a document or book)
- matière noun (matter)
- matériau noun (matter)
Galician
4 entries- material adj (related to matter)
- material adj (worldly)
- significativo adj (significant)
- material noun (matter)
Georgian
1 entries- მასალა noun (matter)
German
4 entries- materiell adj (related to matter)
- materiell adj (worldly)
- Material noun (matter)
- Material noun (text)
Greek
4 entries- καίριος adj (significant)
- ουσιώδης adj (significant)
- υλικός adj (related to matter)
- υλικός adj (worldly)
Hebrew
4 entries- חֹמֶר noun (matter)
- חֹמֶר noun (text)
- חומר noun (matter)
- חומר noun (text)
Hindi
1 entries- सामग्री noun (matter)
Hungarian
4 entries- anyagi adj (related to matter)
- anyagi adj (worldly)
- materiális adj (worldly)
- anyag noun (matter)
Icelandic
1 entries- efni noun (matter)
Ido
2 entries- materiala adj (related to matter)
- materio noun (matter)
Indonesian
1 entries- bahan noun (matter)
Ingrian
3 entries- materiala noun (matter)
- materiala noun (text)
- materiala noun (sample or specimens for study)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- مادِّه noun (matter)
- مَطْلَب noun (text)
Irish
4 entries- ábhartha adj (related to matter)
- ábhartha adj (worldly)
- ábhartha adj (significant)
- damhna noun (matter)
Italian
4 entries- materiale adj (related to matter)
- materiale adj (worldly)
- materiale noun (matter)
- materiale noun (sample or specimens for study)
Japanese
4 entries- 人材 noun (people suited for an activity)
- 布 noun (cloth)
- 材料 noun (matter)
- 物質 noun (matter)
Kazakh
1 entries- материал noun (matter)
Khmer
1 entries- សម្ភារៈ noun (matter)
Korean
4 entries- 물질 noun (matter)
- 인재 noun (people suited for an activity)
- 자료 noun (text)
- 재료 noun (matter)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- материал noun (matter)
Lao
1 entries- ວັດສະດຸ noun (matter)
Latin
3 entries- corporeus adj (related to matter)
- māteria noun (matter)
- verba scriptoris noun (text)
Latvian
1 entries- materiāls noun (matter)
Lithuanian
1 entries- medžiaga noun (matter)
Luxembourgish
2 entries- Material noun (matter)
- Material noun (text)
Macedonian
2 entries- материја́лен adj (related to matter)
- материја́л noun (matter)
Malay
1 entries- bahan noun (matter)
Middle English
4 entries- beestly adj (related to matter)
- bestial adj (related to matter)
- material adj (related to matter)
- material adj (worldly)
Mongolian
2 entries- даавуу noun (cloth)
- материал noun (matter)
Māori
3 entries- ōkiko adj (related to matter)
- matū noun (matter)
- papanga noun (cloth)
Norwegian
2 entries- materiell adj (related to matter)
- materiell adj (worldly)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- materiale noun (matter)
- stoff noun (text)
- stoff noun (cloth)
- tøy noun (cloth)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- materiale noun (matter)
Old Irish
1 entries- adbar noun (matter)
Persian
1 entries- مادی adj (worldly)
Polish
4 entries- materialny adj (related to matter)
- materialny adj (worldly)
- materiał noun (matter)
- materiał noun (cloth)
Portuguese
4 entries- material adj (related to matter)
- material adj (worldly)
- significativo adj (significant)
- terreno adj (worldly)
Romanian
4 entries- material adj (related to matter)
- material adj (worldly)
- material noun (matter)
- material noun (text)
Russian
4 entries- ва́жный adj (significant)
- мате́риа́льный adj (related to matter)
- мате́риа́льный adj (worldly)
- вещество́ noun (matter)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- adhbhar noun (matter)
- adhbhar noun (cloth)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- materìjāl noun (matter)
- матерѝја̄л noun (matter)
Slovak
1 entries- materiál noun (matter)
Slovene
1 entries- material noun (matter)
Spanish
4 entries- material adj (related to matter)
- material adj (worldly)
- significativo adj (significant)
- material noun (matter)
Swedish
4 entries- compounds with materia c and material adj (related to matter)
- materiell adj (related to matter)
- materiell adj (worldly)
- världslig adj (worldly)
Tagalog
1 entries- materyal noun (matter)
Tajik
2 entries- материал noun (matter)
- модда noun (matter)
Thai
1 entries- วัสดุ noun (matter)
Turkish
2 entries- madde noun (matter)
- malzeme noun (matter)
Turkmen
1 entries- material noun (matter)
Ukrainian
2 entries- матеріа́льний adj (related to matter)
- матеріа́л noun (matter)
Urdu
1 entries- مادَّہ noun (matter)
Uyghur
1 entries- ماتېرىيال noun (matter)
Uzbek
2 entries- material noun (matter)
- modda noun (matter)
Vietnamese
1 entries- vật chất noun (matter)
Volapük
1 entries- stöfik adj (related to matter)
West-Frisian
1 entries- materiaal noun (matter)
Sample sentences
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It is best to review the material before the presentation.
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This is an argument material to the question in hand.
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This is a crude material imported from Malaysia.
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