matter

[ mat-er ]

noun

• the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed:
• the matter of which the earth is made.

• physical or corporeal substance in general, whether solid, liquid, or gaseous, especially as distinguished from incorporeal substance, as spirit or mind, or from qualities, actions, and the like.
• something that occupies space.
• a particular kind of substance:
• coloring matter.

verb (used without object)

• to be of importance; signify:
• It matters little.
• Pathology. to suppurate.