substance🔊

Physical matter; material. +

(homogeneous) A form of matter that has constant chemical composition and characteristic properties.

The essential part of anything; the most vital part. +

Substantiality; solidity; firmness.

Material possessions; estate; property; resources.

Drugs (illegal narcotics). +

(theology, philosophy) Ousia, essence; underlying reality or hypostasis in the philosophical sense.

To give substance to; to make real or substantial.