liquid+substance

  • 31liquid — liq|uid1 [ˈlıkwıd] n [U and C] a substance that is not a solid or a gas, for example water or milk ▪ Add a little more liquid to the sauce. →↑washing up liquid liquid 2 liquid2 adj [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: liquide, from Latin liquidus …

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  • 32substance — noun 1 MATERIAL (C) a type of solid or liquid that has particular characteristics: a sticky substance | radioactive substances | Heroin is an illegal substance. 2 IDEAS (singular, uncountable) formal the most important ideas contained in an… …

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  • 33substance — 01. Ben Johnson lost his gold medal at the Seoul Olympics after an illegal [substance] was found in his urine sample. 02. Cigarettes contain a lot of poisonous [substances] that people aren t aware of, in addition to the nicotine and tar. 03. The …

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  • 34substance — [[t]sʌ̱bstəns[/t]] ♦♦♦ substances 1) N COUNT: usu with supp A substance is a solid, powder, liquid, or gas with particular properties. There s absolutely no regulation of cigarettes to make sure that they don t include poisonous substances... The …

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  • 35liquid */*/ — I UK [ˈlɪkwɪd] / US noun Word forms liquid : singular liquid plural liquids 1) [countable/uncountable] science a substance that can flow, has no fixed shape, and is not a solid or a gas a glass of colourless liquid The detergent is available as a …

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  • 36liquid — liq|uid1 [ lıkwıd ] noun ** 1. ) count or uncount a substance that can flow, has no fixed shape, and is not a solid or gas: a glass of colorless liquid The detergent is available as a powder or a liquid. 2. ) count LINGUISTICS the sound l or r… …

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  • 37liquid — 1 noun 1 (C, U) a substance that is not a solid or a gas, which flows, is wet, and has no fixed shape: Water is a liquid. 2 (C) technical either of the consonant sounds, and /r/ see also: washing up liquid 2 adjective 1 liquid oxygen/soap etc… …

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  • 38liquid storax — Storax Sto rax, n. [L. storax, styrax, Gr. ?. Cf. {Styrax}.] Any one of a number of similar complex resins obtained from the bark of several trees and shrubs of the Styrax family. The most common of these is {liquid storax}, a brown or gray… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 39liquid — 1. noun /ˈlɪkwɪd/ a) A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those of a gas, readily change their relative position, and which… …

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  • 40liquid — 1. An inelastic substance, like water, that is neither solid nor gaseous and in which the molecules are relatively free to move with respect to each other yet still are restricted by intermolecular forces. 2. Flowing like water. [L. liquidus]… …

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