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An element is one part of something.
One element of this cookie recipe is chocolate chips.- antonyms:
- compound
- similar words:
- aspect, feature, part, particular, piece, portion, section
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Everything in our world and in space is made up of different "elements." "Elements" is really a short way of saying "chemical elements." Things like oxygen, lead, iron, and gold are some of these elements. Chemical elements are the very simple building blocks of all other things. Elements can take the form of liquids, solids, or gases.
Oxygen is one of the elements that make up both water and the air that we breathe. |
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When we say that someone is in their element, we mean they are doing the thing that suits them the most and that they are most comfortable and happy doing.
Tonya was in her element as she started to draw.- similar words:
- environment, habitat, realm, sphere
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When we talk about "the elements," we are sometimes talking about the weather. Rain, snow, and wind are some of the elements.
The hikers had to face the elements as they traveled up the mountain.- similar words:
- climate, weather
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article, basic, characteristic, consideration, factor, hand, property |
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some activities associated with elements |
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analyze, combine, conduct |
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some examples of elements |
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aluminum, carbon, copper, gold, helium, hydrogen, iron, lead, mercury, nickel, oxygen, silver, tin, zinc |
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some people who study elements |
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chemist |
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some qualities of elements |
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dense, liquid, stable |
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some representations of elements |
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symbol |
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some things composed of elements |
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alloy, compound, mineral |
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