'building block' definitions:
Definition of 'building block'
(from WordNet)
noun
A single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else; "units of nucleic acids" [syn: unit, building block]
noun
A block of material used in construction work
Synonyms of 'building block'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- air,
- atom,
- atomic particles,
- atoms,
- brute matter,
- chemical element,
- component,
- constituent,
- core,
- distillate,
- distillation,
- earth,
- element,
- elementary particle,
- elementary unit,
- elixir,
- essence,
- fabric,
- fire,
- fundamental particle,
- gist,
- heart,
- hyle,
- hypostasis,
- kernel,
- marrow,
- material,
- material world,
- materiality,
- matter,
- meat,
- medium,
- molecule,
- monad,
- natural world,
- nature,
- nub,
- physical world,
- pith,
- plenum,
- quintessence,
- sap,
- soul,
- spirit,
- stuff,
- substance,
- substratum,
- sum and substance,
- tangible,
- the four elements,
- unit of being,
- water