Collocations for material - noun

combustible, flammable, hazardous, inflammable, radioactive, toxic | recyclable | man-made

raw
Higher raw material costs have pushed up the price of many manufactured goods.

industrial | building
a storeroom full of building materials

drawing, writing
Prisoners were not allowed writing materials.

thick, thin | coarse, fine | woven

length, piece, roll, scrap, strip
A patchwork quilt is a good way of using up scraps of material.

fascinating, good, relevant, useful | source
The letter were used as source material in this new biography.

classified, confidential, sensitive | unpublished | educational, instructional, promotional, teaching | biographical, historical | indecent, obscene, pornographic
He was convicted of importing indecent material.

collect, find, gather, get hold of
He''s collecting material for a new book on space travel. | I can''t find any relevant material on him in the library.

contain, include
This new biography contains a wealth of previously unpublished material.

produce, publish

~ for
useful material for a documentary

~ on
original material on the First World War