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Substance Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Substance? [n] [n] the idea that is intended; "What is the meaning of this proverb?" [n] the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story" [n] what a communication that is about something is about [n] considerable capital (wealth or income); "he is a man of means" [n] the stuff of which an object consists Synonyms \| Synonyms for Substance: center \| content \| core \| essence \| gist \| heart \| heart and soul \| inwardness \| kernel \| marrow \| matter \| meaning \| means \| meat \| message \| nitty-gritty \| nub \| pith \| subject matter \| sum Related Terms \| Find terms related to Substance: See Also \| acknowledgement \| acknowledgment \| activator \| adulterant \| adulterator \| allergen \| antigen \| antimatter \| approval \| aside \| atom \| ballast \| bedding \| bedding material \| body \| body substance \| capital \| carcinogen \| chemical compound \| chemical element \| chemical irritant \| cognitive content \| combustible \| combustible material \| commendation \| commitment \| communication \| component \| component part \| compound \| connotation \| content \| corker \| counsel \| counseling \| counselling \| culture medium \| dark matter \| dedication \| denaturant \| denotation \| deposit \| digression \| direction \| disapproval \| discourtesy \| disrespect \| divagation \| drift \| drivel \| element \| entity \| entry \| excursus \| extension \| ferment \| fluid \| foamentation \| food \| fuel \| goo \| gook \| grinding \| guck \| guidance \| gunk \| haecceity \| hokum \| humectant \| humor \| humour \| hydrocolloid \| hypostasis \| idea \| implication \| import \| import \| info \| information \| inhibitor \| inoculant \| inoculum \| insertion \| instruction \| interpolation \| jelly \| latent content \| leaven \| leavening \| litter \| living substance \| lysin \| material \| meaning \| meaninglessness \| medium \| memorial \| mental object \| micronutrient \| mixture \| muck \| mush \| narration \| narrative \| nonsense \| nonsensicality \| nutrient \| offer \| offering \| ooze \| opinion \| packaging \| parenthesis \| part \| petition \| philosopher's stone \| phlogiston \| physical thing \| poison \| poisonous substance \| portion \| postulation \| promotion \| promotional material \| propellant \| propellent \| proposal \| protoplasm \| publicity \| pyrectic \| pyrogen \| quiddity \| quintessence \| reference \| refrigerant \| refusal \| reminder \| request \| residue \| respects \| sediment \| sensationalism \| shocker \| significance \| significance \| signification \| slime \| sludge \| solid \| solute \| solvate \| statement \| story \| strain \| stuff \| stuff \| subject \| submission \| substrate \| system \| tale \| tenor \| theme \| thought \| topic \| treacle \| undercurrent \| undertone \| view \| wherewithal \| wit \| witticism \| wittiness \| ylem Substance In Webster's Dictionary Note: Stick-lac is the substance in its natural state, incrusting small twigs. When broken off, and the coloring matter partly removed, the granular residuum is called seed-lac. When melted, and reduced to a thin crust, it is called shell-lac or shellac. Lac is an important ingredient in sealing wax, dyes, varnishes, and lacquers. {Ceylon lac}, a resinous exudation of the tree {Croton lacciferum}, resembling lac. {Lac dye}, a scarlet dye obtained from stick-lac. {Lac lake}, the coloring matter of lac dye when precipitated from its solutions by alum. {Mexican lac}, an exudation of the tree {Croton Draco}. \Sub"stance\, n. [F., fr. L. substantia, fr. substare to be under or present, to stand firm; sub under + stare to stand. See {Stand}.] 1. That which underlies all outward manifestations; substratum; the permanent subject or cause of phenomena, whether material or spiritual; that in which properties inhere; that which is real, in distinction from that which is apparent; the abiding part of any existence, in distinction from any accident; that which constitutes anything what it is; real or existing essence. These cooks, how they stamp, and strain, and grind, And turn substance into accident! --Chaucer. Heroic virtue did his actions guide, And he the substance, not the appearance, chose. --Dryden. 2. The most important element in any existence; the characteristic and essential components of anything; the main part; essential import; purport. This edition is the same in substance with the Latin. --Bp. Burnet. It is insolent in words, in manner; but in substance it is not only insulting, but alarming. --Burke. 3. Body; matter; material of which a thing is made; hence, substantiality; solidity; firmness; as, the substance of which a garment is made; some textile fabrics have little substance. 4. Material possessions; estate; property; resources. And there wasted his substance with riotous living. --Luke xv. 13. Thy substance, valued at the highest rate, Can not amount unto a hundred marks. --Shak. We are destroying many thousand lives, and exhausting our substance, but not for our own interest. --Swift. 5. (Theol.) Same as {Hypostasis}, 2. \Sub"stance\, v. t. To furnish or endow with substance; to supply property to; to make rich. [Obs.]

Substance Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Substance?

[n]
[n] the idea that is intended; "What is the meaning of this proverb?"
[n] the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"
[n] what a communication that is about something is about
[n] considerable capital (wealth or income); "he is a man of means"
[n] the stuff of which an object consists

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Substance In Webster's Dictionary

Note: Stick-lac is the substance in its natural state,
      incrusting small twigs. When broken off, and the
      coloring matter partly removed, the granular residuum
      is called seed-lac. When melted, and reduced to a thin
      crust, it is called shell-lac or shellac. Lac is an
      important ingredient in sealing wax, dyes, varnishes,
      and lacquers.

{Ceylon lac}, a resinous exudation of the tree {Croton
   lacciferum}, resembling lac.

{Lac dye}, a scarlet dye obtained from stick-lac.

{Lac lake}, the coloring matter of lac dye when precipitated
   from its solutions by alum.

{Mexican lac}, an exudation of the tree {Croton Draco}.


\Sub"stance\, n. [F., fr. L. substantia, fr. substare
to be under or present, to stand firm; sub under + stare to
stand. See {Stand}.]
1. That which underlies all outward manifestations;
   substratum; the permanent subject or cause of phenomena,
   whether material or spiritual; that in which properties
   inhere; that which is real, in distinction from that which
   is apparent; the abiding part of any existence, in
   distinction from any accident; that which constitutes
   anything what it is; real or existing essence.

         These cooks, how they stamp, and strain, and grind,
         And turn substance into accident!     --Chaucer.

         Heroic virtue did his actions guide, And he the
         substance, not the appearance, chose. --Dryden.

2. The most important element in any existence; the
   characteristic and essential components of anything; the
   main part; essential import; purport.

         This edition is the same in substance with the
         Latin.                                --Bp. Burnet.

         It is insolent in words, in manner; but in substance
         it is not only insulting, but alarming. --Burke.

3. Body; matter; material of which a thing is made; hence,
   substantiality; solidity; firmness; as, the substance of
   which a garment is made; some textile fabrics have little
   substance.

4. Material possessions; estate; property; resources.

         And there wasted his substance with riotous living.
                                               --Luke xv. 13.

         Thy substance, valued at the highest rate, Can not
         amount unto a hundred marks.          --Shak.

         We are destroying many thousand lives, and
         exhausting our substance, but not for our own
         interest.                             --Swift.

5. (Theol.) Same as {Hypostasis}, 2.


\Sub"stance\, v. t.
To furnish or endow with substance; to supply property to; to
make rich. [Obs.]

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