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substance
A	noun
	1	substance, matter
			that which has mass and occupies space; "an atom is the smallest indivisible unit of matter"
		Category Tree: entity ╚substance, matter ╚micronutrient ╚antimatter ╚dark matter ╚ylem ╚material; stuff ╚sediment; deposit ╚grinding ╚drift ╚protoplasm; living substance ╚body substance ╚bedding material; bedding; litter ╚ballast ╚food; nutrient
	2	meaning, substance
			the idea that is intended; "What is the meaning of this proverb?"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚content; cognitive content; mental object ╚idea; thought ╚meaning, substance ╚connotation ╚reference ╚reference; denotation; extension ╚undertone; undercurrent ╚tenor; strain ╚significance; import; implication
	3	kernel, substance, core, center, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty
			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"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚content; cognitive content; mental object ╚kernel, substance, core, center, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty ╚stuff ╚quintessence ╚quiddity; haecceity ╚hypostasis ╚bare bones
	4	message, content, subject matter, substance
			what a communication that is about something is about
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚message, content, subject matter, substance ╚refusal ╚acknowledgment; acknowledgement ╚drivel; garbage ╚nonsense; bunk; nonsensicality; meaninglessness; hokum ╚meaning; significance; signification; import ╚digression; aside; excursus; divagation; parenthesis ╚subject; topic; theme ╚latent content ╚memorial ╚request; petition; postulation ╚reminder ╚corker ╚body
	5	means, substance
			considerable capital (wealth or income); "he is a man of means"
		Category Tree: possession ╚assets ╚capital ╚means, substance ╚wherewithal ╚pocketbook
	6	substance
			the stuff of which an object consists
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚part; portion; component part; component ╚substance

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