matériel

Or ma·te·ri·el

[muh-teer-ee-el]

noun

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

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

materiel

/ məˌtɪərɪˈɛl /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of materiel¹

From French, dating back to 1805–15; material

Word History and Origins

Origin of materiel¹

C19: from French: _material

Example Sentences

The women took jobs as welders, pipe fitters, and other posts that had only ever been held by men, and produced war materiel at a record clip.

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At the same time, the Israeli military launched an all-out air campaign to destroy Assad-era materiel it feared could be used against it in a future conflict.

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Even the underground bunkers in which the materiel was stored may not have been totally destroyed.

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While the United States and Israel believe that Saturday’s strikes were a strategic victory, some concern remains that Iran may have removed critical equipment and materiel from its site in Fordow — an enrichment facility that had been burrowed into the side of a mountain — to an undisclosed location before the U.S. operation began, the Israeli official said.

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Fearing more Israeli strikes, government-affiliated factions operating in south Syria transported much of their heavy materiel to Damascus, according to two commanders, while the foreign ministry complained in a statement that last week’s raids were “a deliberate attempt to destabilize Syria and exacerbate the suffering of its people.”

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Related Words

• arms