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- pronunciation:
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Things like salt, water, gold, oil, and sugar are substances. A substance is a particular kind of thing that can be measured. Substances are used in making many different kinds of things. Some substances are used in foods. Certain substances, like pure gold and silver, are made up of only one type of substance. Other substances, like chewing gum, plastic, and sand are mixtures of different substances.
Honey is a sweet and sticky substance.Laundry detergent is good at getting out substances like dirt and ketchup.
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core, material, object, point, text, thing |
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