Thesaurus: particle

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1. n. A minute part or portion of matter; a morsel; a little bit; an atom; a jot; as, a particle of sand, of wood, of dust.
2. n. Any very small portion or part; the smallest portion; as, he has not a particle of patriotism or virtue.
3. n. A crumb or little piece of concecrated host.
4. n. The smaller hosts distributed in the communion of the laity.
5. n. A word/subordinate">subordinate word that is never inflected (a preposition, conjunction, interjection); or a word that can not be used except in compositions; as, ward in backward, ly in lovely.
6. n. (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
7. n. a body having finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions
8. n. a word/function">function word that can be used in English to form phrasal verbs
9. 1. A minute part or portion of matter; a morsel; a little bit; an atom; a jot; as, a particle of sand, of wood, of dust. The small size of atoms which unite To make the smallest particle of light. Blackmore. 2. Any very small portion or part; the smallest portion; as, he has not a particle of patriotism or virtue. The houses had not given their commissioners authority in the least particle to recede. Clarendon. 3. (R. C. Ch.) (a) A crumb or little piece of concecrated host. (b) The smaller hosts distributed in the communion of the laity. Bp. Fitzpatrick. 4. (Gram.) A subordinate word that is never inflected (a preposition, conjunction, interjection); or a word that can not be used except in compositions; as, ward in backward, ly in lovely.
10. A word/subordinate">subordinate word that is never inflected (a preposition,conjunction, interjection); or a word that can not be used except incompositions; as, ward in backward, ly in lovely.
11. n:100 n. a word/body">body having word/finite">finite mass and internal structure but negligible dimensions n. a function word that can be used in English to form phrasal verbs