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100 Words to Describe Materials

August 3, 2026

100 Words to Describe Materials

No. Item Definition
1. acrylic synthetic plastic or fiber
2. bamboo hard fast-growing plant material
3. biodegradable able to break down naturally
4. brick hard baked clay block
5. brittle breaks easily under pressure
6. bumpy covered with raised lumps
7. burlap coarse woven sackcloth
8. chalky dry and powder-like
9. clayey like clay in texture
10. clear easy to see through
11. cloudy not clear or transparent
12. coarse rough in texture
13. corrugated shaped into ridges and grooves
14. crinkly full of small wrinkles
15. crisp firm and easily broken
16. denim strong cotton twill fabric
17. dense closely packed and heavy
18. downy covered with soft fluff
19. dull not bright or shiny
20. durable lasting a long time
21. elastic stretching and returning easily
22. feathery light and soft textured
23. fibrous made of many fibers
24. fine delicate or very small
25. flexible able to bend easily
26. fluffy light and soft
27. fragile easily broken or damaged
28. fuzzy covered with soft fibers
29. gaseous existing as gas
30. glossy shiny and reflective
31. grainy having a gritty texture
32. granular made of small grains
33. greasy covered with oily substance
34. gritty containing small rough particles
35. grooved marked with long channels
36. gummy soft and sticky
37. hairy covered with hairlike fibers
38. hard firm and not easily bent
39. heavy weighing a lot
40. hemp strong coarse plant fiber
41. hollow empty inside
42. jute strong plant fiber
43. latex milky rubbery liquid substance
44. leather animal skin made durable
45. leathery tough like leather
46. light not heavy for its size
47. linen fabric made from flax
48. liquid flowing like a fluid
49. lumpy full of uneven lumps
50. lustrous having a soft shine
51. marble hard polished stone
52. matte dull and not shiny
53. mesh material with open holes
54. metal hard shiny material
55. metallic like metal in appearance
56. muddy wet and dirty like mud
57. natural existing without human making
58. nonporous not allowing liquid through
59. nylon strong synthetic fiber
60. oily containing or coated with oil
61. opaque not letting light through
62. organic from living matter
63. papery thin and like paper
64. pebbled having a small bumpy texture
65. pitted marked with small holes
66. plastic made of synthetic polymer
67. porous full of tiny holes
68. powdery like fine dry powder
69. resilient quickly regaining original shape
70. ridged having raised lines
71. rigid stiff and not flexible
72. rough having an uneven surface
73. rubber elastic waterproof material
74. rubbery elastic like rubber
75. slick smooth and slippery
76. slippery easy to slide on
77. smooth even and free from roughness
78. soft easy to press or bend
79. spongy soft and full of holes
80. sticky tending to adhere to surfaces
81. stiff hard to bend or move
82. strong able to withstand force
83. tacky slightly sticky to touch
84. textile woven fabric material
85. thick having a large width
86. thin having little width
87. translucent letting some light through
88. transparent letting light pass clearly
89. unpolished not smoothed or shined
90. untreated not chemically processed
91. velour soft plush fabric
92. velvety soft and smooth like velvet
93. vinyl durable plastic material
94. viscous thick and slow-flowing
95. waxy smooth and slightly greasy
96. weak easily damaged or broken
97. wooden made of wood
98. woody made of or like wood
99. woolly covered with woollike fibers
100. wrinkled marked with small folds
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