Synonyms for materiel


Grammar : Noun
Spell : muh-teer-ee-el
Phonetic Transcription : məˌtɪər iˈɛl


Définition of materiel

Origin :
  • 1814, from French matériel "material," noun use of adj. matériel (see material (adj.)). A later borrowing of the same word that became material (n.).
  • noun supplies
Example sentences :
  • Our resources of the materiel of war were well nigh infinite.
  • Extract from : « Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals » by William H. Armstrong
  • You see, Im in charge of materiel procurement for the Major.
  • Extract from : « The Knights of Arthur » by Frederik Pohl
  • It is not with materiel of this kind that war is waged; it is with field pieces.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887 » by Various
  • All our equipage--horses, carts, and the materiel of the camp--had been sold at public auction at Bellevue.
  • Extract from : « The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California » by Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont
  • There had been much doubt among the southern leaders as to the materiel of the western armies, on both sides.
  • Extract from : « Four Years in Rebel Capitals » by T. C. DeLeon
  • And if this be so, the question as to what should be the materiel of education, becomes singularly simplified.
  • Extract from : « The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) » by John Ruskin
  • He sed the Erth was materiel but man was immaterial, and hens man was different from the Erth.
  • Extract from : « The Complete Works of Artemus Ward » by Charles Farrar Browne (AKA Artemus Ward)
  • Introversion must be the same as scuttling, its main purpose to withhold secrets and materiel from the enemy.
  • Extract from : « The Big Time » by Fritz Reuter Leiber
  • Nearly all their materiel would, if the time ever came, be useful for our own defense.
  • Extract from : « State of the Union Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt » by Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • But the materiel of the other regiments was not superfine, as M. Boyer, before whom they were defiling, might have said.
  • Extract from : « Tom Cringle's Log » by Michael Scott

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