TEXTUAL MATTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does textual matter mean? 

• TEXTUAL MATTER (noun)
  The noun TEXTUAL MATTER has 1 sense:

1. the words of something written

  Familiarity information: TEXTUAL MATTER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TEXTUAL MATTER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The words of something written

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

text; textual matter

Context example:

he wants to reconstruct the original text

Hypernyms ("textual matter" is a kind of...):

matter (written works (especially in books or magazines))

Meronyms (parts of "textual matter"):

book (a major division of a long written composition)

chapter (a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled)

foreword; preface; prolusion (a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book)

paragraph (one of several distinct subdivisions of a text intended to separate ideas; the beginning is usually marked by a new indented line)

passage (a section of text; particularly a section of medium length)

word order (the order of words in a text)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "textual matter"):

column (a page or text that is vertically divided)

cookie (a short line of text that a web site puts on your computer's hard drive when you access the web site)

copy; written matter (matter to be printed; exclusive of graphical materials)

draft; draft copy (any of the various versions in the development of a written work)

electronic text (text that is in a form that computer can store or display on a computer screen)

installment; instalment (a part of a published serial)

letter; missive (a written message addressed to a person or organization)

line (text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen)

lipogram (a text that excludes a particular letter or particular letters of the alphabet)

language; lyric; words (the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number)

stanza (a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem)

Holonyms ("textual matter" is a part of...):

publication (a copy of a printed work offered for distribution)