matériel
noun
the aggregate of things used or needed in any business, undertaking, or operation (distinguished from personnel).
matériel
American
[muh-teer-ee-el]
/ məˌtɪər iˈɛl /
Or
materiel
noun
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the aggregate of things used or needed in any business, undertaking, or operation (distinguished from personnel).
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Military. arms, ammunition, and equipment in general.
materiel
British
/ məˌtɪərɪˈɛl /
noun
Etymology
Origin of matériel
From French, dating back to 1805–15; see origin at material
Example Sentences
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“We have a very robust logistics network that enables us to move matériel very quickly as we’ve done in the past,” General Ryder said.
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2024
In testimony before the House Armed Services Committee, he said, “I am very confident that we have delivered the matériel that they need and we’ll continue a pipeline to sustain their operations as well.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2023
Those wars have often turned, perhaps more than any other factor, on industrial attrition, as each side strains to maintain the flow of matériel like tanks and antiaircraft munitions that keep it in the fight.
From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2023
The Pentagon has long dipped into aging stocks of equipment to supply Kyiv, sometimes leaving Ukrainian forces troops with worn-down matériel.
From New York Times ● Nov. 24, 2022
His list of matériel liberated from the Union Army during the 1862 Shenandoah campaign included “six handkerchiefs, two and three quarter dozen neckties, and one bottle of red ink.”
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
Earlier this year, Somalia — whose seaports, airports and military bases have been used for Emirati materiel transfers, investigators say — severed bilateral agreements with the UAE.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2026
In the first few weeks of the war we have seen how Iran has managed its tactical and materiel inferiority to some effect.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
Remember, until relatively recently, the EU hadn’t produced the vast quantities of war materiel for a long time.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2025
Even the underground bunkers in which the materiel was stored may not have been totally destroyed.
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2025
In an effort to stop Japan, President Franklin Roosevelt imposed ever-increasing embargoes on materiel, such as scrap metal and aviation fuel.
From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
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