Semiconductors are materials which have a conductivity between conductors (generally metals) and nonconductors or insulators (such as most ceramics).
Semiconductors can be pure elements, such as silicon or germanium, or compounds such as gallium arsenide or cadmium selenide.
Semiconductors are devices that have conduction between a conductor and insulators and are used in everyday life in many devices like transistors, zener diodes, solar panels, switches, electric circuits, etc.
Semiconductors are divided into two types, intrinsic semiconductors, and extrinsic semiconductors.
A semiconductor is broadly defined today as a material with electrical conductivity that can be freely controlled by one means or another.
In another words, whatever material that can be used as a transistor is a semiconductor.