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el·e·ment

element

 
 
pronunciation:
e l mnt
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part of speech: noun
definition 1: An element is one part of something.
My grandmother says that the special element in her chocolate cake recipe is chocolate chips.
similar words:
feature, part, piece
definition 2: Everything in our world and in space is made up of different elements. Things like oxygen, lead, iron, and gold are some of the elements. Elements are like the simple building blocks of other things.
Oxygen is one of the elements that make up water.
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