text matter
51front matter — noun Within a book, all content preceding the main text or work itself. See Also: back matter …
52back matter — Synonyms and related words: PS, Parthian shot, acknowledgments, addendum, afterthought, appendix, article, back, bastard title, bibliography, book, catch line, catchword, chapter, chorus, clause, coda, codicil, colophon, conclusion, consequence,… …
53front matter — Synonyms and related words: acknowledgments, anteriority, article, avant propos, back, back matter, bastard title, bibliography, bold front, book, brave face, brave front, breakthrough, catch line, catchword, chapter, clause, colophon, contents,… …
54subject matter — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. essentials, contents, essence; see subject 1 , topic . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun What a speech, piece of writing, or artistic work is about: argument, matter, point, subject, text, theme, topic. See MEANING …
55running text — noun : straight matter * * * the body of text in a newspaper, magazine, or the like, as distinguished from the heads, illustrations, etc …
56back matter — noun the parts of a book that appear after the text, including the afterword, index and bibliography …
57back matter — back′ mat ter n. pri the parts of a book that appear after the main text, as bibliography, index, and appendixes • Etymology: 1945–50 …
58front matter — front′ mat ter n. pri all material in a book that precedes the text …
59editorial matter — /edɪ tɔ:riəl ˌm tə/ noun the text of a magazine which is written by journalists, and not part of an advertisement …
60pictorial matter — noun illustrations used to decorate or explain a text the dictionary had many pictures • Syn: ↑picture • Derivationally related forms: ↑pictural (for: ↑picture), ↑picture ( …
