Definitions
the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists
Word origin
Inherited from Middle English substance, from Old French substance, from Latin substantia (“substance, essence”), from substāns, present active participle of substō (“exist”, literally “stand under”), from sub + stō (“stand”). Displaced native Old English andweorc.
Used in a sentence
“Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.”
“His wasted hands were stretched out, and worked with a quick and convulsive motion, as if catching some small substances which kept eluding their grasp;...”
“Heroic virtue did his actions guide, / And he the substance, not the appearance, chose.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Material matter”9 letters
02“Physical matter”9 letters
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