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Subject-matter
Pronunciation : Sub"ject-mat`ter
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: The matter or thought presented for consideration in some statement or discussion; that which is made the object of thought or study. As to the subject-matter, words are always to be understood as having a regard thereto. Blackstone. As science makes progress in any subject-matter, poetry recedes from it. J. H. Newman.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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