building block

THESAURUS

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