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matériel
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Noun matériel has 1 sense
- materiel(n = noun.artifact) equipage - equipment and supplies of a military force; Array has particulars: baggage, marching order
is a kind of equipment
THESAURUS
matériel
abundance, accouterments, accumulation, amassment, apparatus, appliances, appointments, appurtenances, armament, backlog, budget, collection, commissariat, commissary, conveniences, cornucopia, cumulation, duffel, dump, equipage, equipment, facilities, facility, fittings, fixtures, furnishings, furniture, gear, habiliments, heap, hoard, impedimenta, installations, inventory, kit, larder, machinery, mass, material, material resources, materials, munition, munitions, outfit, paraphernalia, pile, plant, plenitude, plenty, plumbing, provisionment, provisions, rations, raw material, repertoire, repertory, rick, rig, rigging, stack, staple, stock, stock-in-trade, stockpile, store, stores, stuff, substances, supplies, supply, supply on hand, tackle, tackling, things, treasure, treasury, utensilsROGET THESAURUS
matériel
Instrument
N instrument, machinery, mechanism, engineering, instrument, organ, tool, implement, utensil, machine, engine, lathe, gin, mill, air engine, caloric engine, heat engine, gear, tackle, tackling, rig, rigging, apparatus, appliances, plant, materiel, harness, trappings, fittings, accouterments, barde, equipment, equipmentage, appointments, furniture, upholstery, chattels, paraphernalia, mechanical powers, lever, leverage, mechanical advantage, crow, crowbar, handspike, gavelock, jemmy, jimmy, arm, limb, wing, oar, paddle, pulley, wheel and axle, wheelwork, clockwork, wheels within wheels, pinion, crank, winch, cam, pedal, capstan, wheel, inclined plane, wedge, screw, spring, mainspring, can hook, glut, heald, heddle, jenny, parbuckle, sprag, water wheel, handle, hilt, haft, shaft, heft, shank, blade, trigger, tiller, helm, treadle, key, turnscrew, screwdriver, knocker, hammer, edge tool, borer, vice, teeth, nail, rope, peg, support, spoon, arms, oar, cardiograph, recapper, snowplow, tenpenny, votograph, instrumental, mechanical, machinal, brachial.
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