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How to sign: that which has mass and occupies space
"an atom is the smallest indivisible unit of matter";
Similiar / Same: matter
Categories: entity
Within this category: activator, adulterant, allergen, antigen, antimatter, assay, atom, ballast, bedding material, body substance, carcinogen, chemical element, chemical irritant, compound, culture medium, dark matter, denaturant, drift, element, emanation, essence, ferment, fluid, fluid, foamentation, food, fuel, grinding, humectant, hydrocolloid, inhibitor, inoculant, jelly, leaven, ligand, lysin, material, medium, medium, metabolite, micronutrient, mixture, philosopher's stone, phlogiston, poison, precursor, propellant, protoplasm, pyrogen, refrigerant, residue, sediment, sludge, solid, solute, solvate, substrate, system, vegetable matter, volatile, ylem
How to sign: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
"the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story";
Similiar / Same: essence, heart and soul, inwardness, nitty-gritty, gist, pith, kernel, meat, nub, core, sum, center, heart, marrow
Categories: cognitive content, content, mental object
Within this category: bare bones, hypostasis, quiddity, quintessence, stuff
How to sign: the stuff of which an object consists
Categories: component, component part, part, portion
