Search Result for "building_block":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else;
- Example: "units of nucleic acids"
[syn: unit, building block]

2. a block of material used in construction work;


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

building block n 1: a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else; "units of nucleic acids" [syn: unit, building block] 2: a block of material used in construction work
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

52 Moby Thesaurus words for "building block": air, atom, atomic particles, atoms, brute matter, chemical element, component, constituent, core, distillate, distillation, earth, element, elementary particle, elementary unit, elixir, essence, fabric, fire, fundamental particle, gist, heart, hyle, hypostasis, kernel, marrow, material, material world, materiality, matter, meat, medium, molecule, monad, natural world, nature, nub, physical world, pith, plenum, quintessence, sap, soul, spirit, stuff, substance, substratum, sum and substance, tangible, the four elements, unit of being, water