VOCABULARY UNIT 4: MATERIALS

● RAW MATERIALS

animalnounanimal

claynounargila

corknounsuro

cottonnouncotó

desknounescriptori

hairnouncabell

hidenounamaga

ironnounferro

linennounroba

marblenounmarbre

materialnounmaterial

mineralnounmineral

oilnounpetroli

orenounmineral

petroleumnounpetroli

plattformnounplataforma

quarrynounPedrera

treenounarbre

trunknountronc

sheepnounovelles

silknounseda

steelnounacer

stonenounpedra

woodnounfusta

woolnounllana

vegetablenounvegetal

come fromverbprovenen

extractverbcru

processverbprocessar

mainadj.principal

rawadj.extreure

● MATERIALS

boardnoun

compositionnoun

derivativenoun

glassnoun

metalnoun

papernoun

planknoun

plasticnoun

processnoun

statenoun

createverb

makeverb

meltverb

transformverb

useverb

chemicaladj.

manufacturedadj.

physicaladj.

● MANUFACTURED GOODS

aluminiumnounalumini

bronzenounbronze

cellophanenouncel·lofana

chestnutnouncastanyer

coalnouncarbó

componentnouncomponent

coppernouncoure

earthenwarenounpisa de ceràmica

fastenernouncremallera

floornounterra

firnounavet

firingnountret

furniturenounmobles

aluminiumnounalumini

bronzenounbronze

cellophanenouncel·lofana

chestnutnouncastanyer

coalnouncarbó

componentnouncompnent

coppernouncoure

earthenwarenounpisa de ceràmica

fastemernouncremallera

floornounterra

firnounavet

firingnountret

furniturenounmobles

gasnoungas/petroli

goodsnounbens/articles

hasdlenounembolic

lognountronc

Lycranounlicra

machinenounmàquina

naturenounnatura

neednounnecessitar

nylonnounniló

pinenounpi

plasternounguix

porcelainnounporcellana

potterynounceràmica

PVCnounPVC (plàstic)

rocknounroca

rubbernoungoma

sandnounsorra

slatenounpissarra

sourcenounorigen/font

threadnounfil

tinnounestany

zincnounzinc

containverbcontenir

cutverbtallar

formverbde

improveverbmillorar

satisfyverbsatisfer

decorativeadj.decoratiu

ferrousadj.de ferro

non-ferrousadj.no és de ferro

structuraladj.estructural

syntheticadj.sintètic

● PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS

● PROCEDURES

brightnessnoun

fragilitynoun

oldnoun

translucencynoun

transparencynoun

determineverb

evaluateverb

exposeverb

illuminateverb

touchverb

characteristicadj.

visualadj.