a person who provides for another / homeland (place where one was born) / alma mater (school or college from which an individual has graduated)

Matera (a town and province of Basilicata, Italy)

Obsolete spelling of matéria

maternal (of or relating to mothers)

a school for young children

material; stuff (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object) / material (sample or specimens for study); footage (amount of film produced) / material (sample or specimens for study); resources used in class / tackle; supplies; gear; rig (objects collected for use in a particular activity)

(chemistry) material (relating to or composed of matter) / (religion) material; worldly (relating to physical rather than spiritual matters) / (of a person, derogatory) materialistic; consumeristic (obsessed with consumer goods)

maternal grandfather (the father of one's mother)

(rail transport) Synonym of material rodante

(rail transport) rolling stock (railway vehicles collectively)