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Mote

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Narrower term 3

Flyspeck 76% connected

A speck or stain made by the excrement of a fly; hence, any insignificant dot.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Grain 76% connected

See Groan.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Grinding 76% connected

of Grind

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Material 76% connected

Consisting of matter; not spiritual; corporeal; physical; as, material substance or bodies.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Stuff 76% connected

Material which is to be worked up in any process of manufacture.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 5

Atom 92% connected

An ultimate indivisible particle of matter.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Corpuscle 92% connected

A minute particle; an atom; a molecule.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Molecule 92% connected

One of the very small invisible particles of which all matter is supposed to consist.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Particle 92% connected

A minute part or portion of matter; a morsel; a little bit; an atom; a jot; as, a particle of sand, of wood, of dust.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Speck 92% connected

The blubber of whales or other marine mammals; also, the fat of the hippopotamus.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.