Ingredient and Material

Ingredient

Ingredient noun - One of the parts that make up a whole.

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Material and ingredient are semantically related In some cases you can use "Material" instead a noun "Ingredient".

Material noun - The basic elements from which something can be developed.

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Ingredient and material are semantically related in matter topic. Sometimes you can use "Ingredient" instead a noun "Material".

rare	rare ingredient	rare material
special	special ingredient	special material
prime	prime ingredient	prime material
common	common ingredient	common material
Other adjectives: perfect, certain, actual, bad, new, extra, additional, available, magical.

Thunderbolt Iron: Vulcan used a highly magical form of this material as the first ingredient in all of the swords.

Source: Literature / Book of Swords aka: Books Of Swords
Noodle Implements: They've had some very odd ingredient lists when testing myths, though ultimately this trope is subverted because the use for each material is shown.

Source: Series / MythBusters
Made of Indestructium: The material only known as the "Hardest Substance in the World", whose one ingredient is Adamantium.

Source: Film / The Exterior

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