Dictionary Check: element
"element" is a valid word!
Scrabble
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Words with Friends
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Definition
noun
an abstract part of something
Example:
"jealousy was a component of his character"
noun
an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system
Example:
"spare components for cars"
noun
any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter
noun
the most favorable environment for a plant or animal
Example:
"water is the element of fishes"
noun
one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe
Example:
"the alchemists believed that there were four elements"
noun
the situation in which you are happiest and most effective
Example:
"in your element"
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