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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun building block has 2 senses

• building block(n = noun.object) unit - a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else; "units of nucleic acids"
is a kind of thing
has particulars: chain, chemical chain, couple, unit cell, chemical group, group, radical, molecule
has parts: part, piece

• building block(n = noun.artifact) Array - a block of material used in construction work; Array
has particulars: ashlar, breeze block, cinder block, clinker block, headstone, key, keystone, voussoir
is a kind of building material

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

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