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noun
The physical substances which create the natural world: matter, materials, substance, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncommon, uncountable
Qualifier: higher register
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Synonyms: matter
Antonyms: none provided
History
Borrowed from Latin māteria (“matter, the material world”).
