MATERIEL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does materiel mean? 

• MATERIEL (noun)
  The noun MATERIEL has 1 sense:

1. equipment and supplies of a military force

  Familiarity information: MATERIEL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MATERIEL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Equipment and supplies of a military force

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

equipage; materiel

Hypernyms ("materiel" is a kind of...):

equipment (an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "materiel"):

baggage (the portable equipment and supplies of an army)

marching order (equipage for marching)