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| all at once |
If people are doing something all at once, they are doing it all at the same time. If people jump into a swimming pool all at once, they all jump in at the same time. If you put five sticks of gum in your mouth all at once, you put all of them in your mouth at the same time. You don't put them in one at a time. [1/2 definitions] |
| cashew |
a tropical American evergreen tree. A gum used in medicine is obtained from the bark. [1/2 definitions] |
| chewing gum |
a sweet and flavored gum for chewing. |
| cut |
to grow through the gum. [1/12 definitions] |
| gum1 |
chewing gum. [2/5 definitions] |
| mint1 |
Mint is a plant with a strong smell whose leaves give a certain oil that is used to flavor food. In America, mint is often used to flavor toothpaste, chewing gum, and certain candies and cookies. Mint is also used in certain drinks and foods. [1/2 definitions] |
| peppermint |
a kind of mint plant that has small pink or white flowers and is grown for its oil. Peppermint is used in medicine and as a flavoring for toothpaste, gum, and candy. [1/3 definitions] |
| substance |
Things like salt, water, gold, oil, and sugar are substances. A substance is a particular kind of thing that can be measured. Substances are used in making many different kinds of things. Some substances are used in foods. Certain substances, like pure gold and silver, are made up of only one type of substance. Other substances, like chewing gum, plastic, and sand are mixtures of different substances. |
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