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  • matériel
    matériel
    noun
    the aggregate of things used or needed in any business, undertaking, or operation (distinguished from personnel).
  • materiel
    materiel
    noun
    the materials and equipment of an organization, esp of a military force Compare personnel
Synonyms

matériel

American  
[muh-teer-ee-el] / məˌtɪər iˈɛl /
Or materiel

noun

  1. the aggregate of things used or needed in any business, undertaking, or operation (distinguished from personnel).

  2. Military. arms, ammunition, and equipment in general.


materiel British  
/ məˌtɪərɪˈɛl /

noun

  1. the materials and equipment of an organization, esp of a military force Compare personnel

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of matériel

From French, dating back to 1805–15; see origin at material

Example Sentences

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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

He was not soliciting matériel for them, he added.

From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2022

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

The research team examined the Russian matériel in July at the invitation of the Ukrainian government.

From New York Times • Sep. 4, 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

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