Materiel Definition

mətirēel, mətirēəl
noun
Materials and tools necessary to any work, enterprise, etc.; specif., weapons, equipment, supplies, etc. of armed forces.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Materiel

Noun

Singular:
materiel
Plural:
materiels

Origin of Materiel

  • French matériel consisting of matter, materiel from Old French material material

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French matériel.

    From Wiktionary

Materiel Sentence Examples

  • The naval prefect is assisted by a rearadmiral as chief of the staff (except at Lorient and Rochefort, where the office is filled by a captain), and a certain number of other officers, the special functions of the chief of the staff having relation principally to the efficien.cy and personnel of the fleet, while the major-general, who is usually a rear-admiral, is concerned chiefly with the materiel.

  • Not having sufficient materiel for two sieges, he laid siege to San Sebastian only, and blockaded Pampeluna.

  • Additional shipments of Chieftain tanks spares, NBC equipment and other materiel were sanctioned over Lt. Col Glazebrook's objections.

  • The Bush administration's sanctions policy targets military materiel while allowing civilian goods to flow more freely.

  • Left to his own devices he would have exported far greater quantities of lethal materiel to both Iran and Iraq.

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