That from which things are or can be made

• substance

  1. That which has mass and occupies space; matter.
  2. A material of a particular kind or constitution.
  3. A drug, chemical, or other material (such as glue) that one is dependent on or uses habitually and that is often illegal or subject to government regulation:

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• matter

  1. That which occupies space and has mass; physical substance.
  2. A type of such substance:
  3. Discharge or waste, such as pus or feces, from a living organism.

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• material

  1. The substance or substances out of which a thing is or can be made.
  2. Something, such as an idea or information, that is to be refined and made or incorporated into a finished effort:
  3. Tools or apparatus for the performance of a given task:

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The most central and material part

• gravamen

  1. The main claim or most important aspect of a complaint against a defendant.

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• substance

  1. That which has mass and occupies space; matter.
  2. A material of a particular kind or constitution.
  3. A drug, chemical, or other material (such as glue) that one is dependent on or uses habitually and that is often illegal or subject to government regulation:

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• spirit

  1. A force or principle believed to animate living beings.
  2. A force or principle believed to animate humans and often to endure after departing from the body of a person at death; the soul.
  3. The Holy Spirit.

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• soul

  1. A part of humans regarded as immaterial, immortal, separable from the body at death, capable of moral judgment, and susceptible to happiness or misery in a future state.
  2. This part of a human when disembodied after death.
  3. In Aristotelian philosophy, an animating or vital principle inherent in living things and endowing them in various degrees with the potential to grow and reproduce, to move and respond to stimuli (as in the case of animals), and to think rationally (as in the case of humans).

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• root

  1. The usually underground portion of a plant that lacks buds, leaves, or nodes and serves as support, draws minerals and water from the surrounding soil, and sometimes stores food.
  2. Any of various other underground plant parts, especially an underground stem such as a rhizome, corm, or tuber.
  3. The embedded part of an organ or structure such as a hair, tooth, or nerve, that serves as a base or support.

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• quintessence

  1. The pure, highly concentrated essence of a thing.
  2. The purest or most typical instance:
  3. In ancient and medieval philosophy, the fifth and highest essence after the four elements of earth, air, fire, and water, thought to be the substance of the heavenly bodies and latent in all things.

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• pith

  1. The soft, spongy tissue in the center of the stems of most vascular plants, consisting mainly of parenchyma.
  2. The soft inner substance of a feather or hair.
  3. The spinal cord.

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• nub

  1. A protuberance or knob.
  2. A small lump.
  3. The essence; the core:

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• meat

  1. The edible flesh of animals, especially that of mammals as opposed to that of fish or poultry.
  2. The edible part, as of a piece of fruit or a nut.
  3. The essence, substance, or gist:

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• marrow

  1. Bone marrow.
  2. The spinal cord.
  3. The marrow squash.

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• kernel

  1. A grain or seed, as of a cereal grass, enclosed in a husk.
  2. The usually edible seed inside the hard covering of a nut or fruit stone.
  3. The central or most important part; the core:

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• heart

  1. The chambered muscular organ in vertebrates that pumps blood received from the veins into the arteries, thereby maintaining the flow of blood through the entire circulatory system.
  2. A similarly functioning structure in invertebrates.
  3. The area that is the approximate location of the heart in the body; the breast.

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• gist

  1. The central idea; the essence.
  2. The grounds for action in a suit.

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• essence

  1. The intrinsic or indispensable quality or qualities that serve to characterize or identify something:
  2. The inherent, unchanging nature of a thing or class of things.
  3. The most important part or aspect of something:

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• core

  1. The central or innermost part:
  2. The hard or fibrous central part of certain fruits, such as the apple or pear, containing the seeds.
  3. The basic or most important part; the crucial element or essence:

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One's portable property

• movable

  1. Possible to move:
  2. Varying in date from year to year:
  3. Of or relating to personal property (that is, property that can be moved).

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• chattel

  1. An article of movable personal property.
  2. A slave.

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• thing

  1. An object or entity that is not or cannot be named specifically:
  2. An individual object, especially an inanimate object:
  3. A creature:

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• property

  1. Something owned; a possession.
  2. A piece of real estate:
  3. Something tangible or intangible to which its owner has legal title:

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• possession

  1. The act or fact of possessing.
  2. The state of being possessed:
  3. Something owned or possessed:

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• personal property

  1. Property owned by a person that is not real estate; chattels or movable goods.

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• personal effects

  1. Items generally carried or worn on one's person, such as clothing, jewelry, keys, and a wallet or purse.

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• lares and penates

  1. Treasured household possessions.

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• good

  1. Being positive or desirable in nature; not bad or poor:
  2. Having the qualities that are desirable or distinguishing in a particular thing:
  3. Serving the desired purpose or end; suitable:

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• effect

  1. Something brought about by a cause or agent; a result.
  2. The power to produce an outcome or achieve a result:
  3. Advantage; avail:

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• belonging

  1. Acceptance as a natural member or part:
  2. Personal items that one owns; possessions.

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The basic substance or essential elements of character that qualify a person for a specified role

• timber

  1. Trees or wooded land considered as a source of wood.
  2. Wood used as a building material; lumber.
  3. A dressed piece of wood, especially a beam in a structure.

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• material

  1. The substance or substances out of which a thing is or can be made.
  2. Something, such as an idea or information, that is to be refined and made or incorporated into a finished effort:
  3. Tools or apparatus for the performance of a given task:

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To fill to excess by compressing or squeezing tightly

• jam-pack

  1. To crowd to capacity:

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• pack

  1. A collection of items tied up or wrapped; a bundle.
  2. A container made to be carried on the body of a person or animal.
  3. The amount, as of food, that is processed and packaged at one time or in one season.

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• mob

  1. A large and often disorderly crowd.
  2. The mass of common people; the populace.
  3. A criminal organization, especially the Mafia operating in the United States.

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• load

  1. A weight or mass that is supported:
  2. The overall force to which a structure is subjected in supporting a weight or mass or in resisting externally applied forces.
  3. Something that is carried, as by a vehicle, person, or animal:

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• jam

  1. To drive or wedge forcibly into a tight position:
  2. To activate or apply (a brake) suddenly. Often used with on:
  3. To cause (moving parts, for example) to lock into an unworkable position:

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• crowd

  1. A large number of persons gathered together; a throng.
  2. The common people; the populace.
  3. A group of people united by a common characteristic, as age, interest, or vocation:

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• cram

  1. To force, press, or squeeze (something) into an insufficient or barely sufficient space; stuff.
  2. To feed a large amount of food to (an animal).
  3. To fill (oneself or one's stomach, for example) with food.

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Material

• essence

  1. The intrinsic or indispensable quality or qualities that serve to characterize or identify something:
  2. The inherent, unchanging nature of a thing or class of things.
  3. The most important part or aspect of something:

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• principle

  1. A basic truth, law, or assumption:
  2. A rule or standard, especially of good behavior:
  3. The collectivity of moral or ethical standards or judgments:

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• elemental part

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Cloth

• textile

  1. A cloth, especially one manufactured by weaving or knitting; a fabric.
  2. Fiber or yarn for weaving or knitting into cloth.

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• web

  1. A woven fabric, especially one on a loom or just removed from it.
  2. The structural part of cloth.
  3. A latticed or woven structure:

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• tissue

  1. A fine, very thin fabric, such as gauze.
  2. Tissue paper.
  3. A soft, absorbent piece of paper used as toilet paper, a handkerchief, or a towel.

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