noun
1 material
ADJECTIVE
▪ addictive , cancer-causing ( esp. AmE ), carcinogenic , dangerous , harmful , hazardous , noxious , poisonous , radioactive , toxic
▪ harmless , innocuous
▪
Even innocuous ~s can sometimes register a positive result in a drug test.
▪ banned , controlled , illegal , illicit , prohibited
▪ hallucinogenic , mind-altering , psychedelic , psychoactive , psychotropic
▪ performance-enhancing
▪ natural
▪
a natural ~ found in the body of animals
▪ synthetic
▪ chemical
▪ inorganic , organic
▪ pure
▪ soluble , volatile
▪ active , inactive , inert
▪ crystalline , fatty , gooey ( informal ), oily , powdery , slimy , sticky , viscous , waxy
▪ medicinal
▪ foreign , unknown
▪
foreign ~s that contaminated the experiments
▪
a bag full of some unknown ~
▪ material
▪
the material ~ of which we are made
VERB + SUBSTANCE
▪ use
▪ abuse
▪ contain
▪ produce
▪
Some frogs produce toxic ~s in their skin.
▪ take
▪
The athletes had taken banned ~s.
SUBSTANCE + NOUN
▪ use
▪ abuse
2 important content
ADJECTIVE
▪ real
▪
The real ~ of the report was in the third part.
▪ added
▪
His disappearance has given added ~ to the argument that he stole the money.
VERB + SUBSTANCE
▪ have
▪
The image of him that the media have presented has no ~.
▪ add , give sth , lend sth
▪
The letters lent ~ to the claims.
▪ lack
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~
▪
There's no difference in ~ between the two points of view.
▪ of ~
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Nothing of ~ was achieved at the meeting.
▪ with ~
▪
lyrics with ~
▪ without ~
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Their allegations were without ~.
▪ ~ in
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There's no ~ in the story.
▪ ~ of
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the ~ of the evidence against him
▪ ~ to
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There was little ~ to his claims.