The meaning of Item

noun

An object made by a human being, typically one of cultural or historical interest.

Usage examples:

Gold and silver artefacts

noun

An object that has been made by a person, such as a tool or a decoration, especially one that is of historical interest

Usage examples:

The museum's collection includes artefacts dating back to prehistoric times., the house displays a …

noun

A particular item or object.

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Small household articles

verb

A piece of writing included with others in a newspaper, magazine, or other publication.

Usage examples:

An article about middle-aged executives

noun

A piece of writing on a particular subject in a newspaper or magazine

Usage examples:

An article on chinese art, the police want a description of each missing article.

noun

A small piece, part, or quantity of something.

Usage examples:

Give the duck a bit of bread

verb

Past of bite.

verb

Put a bit into the mouth of (a horse).

Usage examples:

However, they can experience behavioral problems when ridden, many coming back to bad experiences w…

noun

A raw material or primary agricultural product that can be bought and sold, such as copper or coffee.

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Commodities such as copper and coffee

noun

Anything that can be bought and sold

Usage examples:

The goal is to raise the productivity of basic food commodities such as grains.

noun

A substance or a product that can be traded in large quantities, such as oil, metals, grain, coffee, etc.

Usage examples:

One big commodity that canada exports is oil., higher commodities prices boosted first-quarter prof…

noun

A part or element of a larger whole, especially a part of a machine or vehicle.

Usage examples:

An assembly plant for imported components

adjective

Constituting part of a larger whole; constituent.

Usage examples:

The component elements of the armed forces

One of the individual parts making up a larger entity

adjective

Being a part of a whole.

Usage examples:

The constituent minerals of the rock

noun

A member of an area which elects a representative to a legislative body.

Usage examples:

The mp is playing on his constituents' sense of regional identity to win votes

noun

A person represented by an elected official

Usage examples:

The senator mails a newsletter to his constituents every two months., oxygen is a constituent of air.

noun

An essential or characteristic part of something abstract.

Usage examples:

The death had all the elements of a great tabloid story

noun

One of the parts of something that makes it work, or a quality that makes someone or something effective

Usage examples:

The heating element of a toaster, having a second income is an important element for most home buye…

noun

Any of the foods or substances that are combined to make a particular dish.

Usage examples:

Mix all of the ingredients together

noun

One of the parts in a mixture

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Combine all the ingredients for the stew., fig. she viewed color as an essential ingredient of good…

noun

One of the parts of something that is needed in order for a particular job, business, etc. to succeed

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Basic/key/main ingredient policymakers see capital investment as a key ingredient in an economic re…

noun

Each of a set of standardized parts or independent units that can be used to construct a more complex structure, such as an item of furniture or a building.

Usage examples:

Ships are now built in modules rather than built in a whole from the base up

noun

One of a set of separate parts that can be joined together to form a larger object

Usage examples:

The reactor was built in modules that were assembled later at the site.

noun

One of a set of separate parts which, when combined, form a complete whole

Usage examples:

The emergency generator is transported in individual modules, which are then put together on site.,…

noun

A material thing that can be seen and touched.

Usage examples:

He was dragging a large object

verb

Say something to express one's opposition to or disagreement with something.

Usage examples:

Residents object to the volume of traffic

noun

A thing that can be seen, held, or touched, usually not a living thing

Usage examples:

Distant objects look blurry to me., the object of the game of chess is to checkmate your opponent.,…

noun

A portion of an object or of material, produced by cutting, tearing, or breaking the whole.

Usage examples:

A piece of cheese

verb

Assemble something from parts or pieces.

Usage examples:

The dinosaur was pieced together from 119 bones

noun

A part of something

Usage examples:

A piece of cake/chicken/pizza, the vase lay on the floor in pieces (= broken into small parts)., sh…

noun

An article or substance that is manufactured or refined for sale.

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Food products

noun

Something that is made to be sold, esp. something produced by an industrial process or something that is grown or raised through farming

Usage examples:

Industrial products, a new product can require two years to develop., she’s a product of the city’s…

noun

Something that is manufactured or grown to be sold, usually in large quantities

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Sell/launch/withdraw a product the manufacturers had to withdraw the product because of a design fa…

noun

An object that one need not, cannot, or does not wish to give a specific name to.

Usage examples:

Look at that metal rail thing over there

A separate and self-contained entity

noun

A device, product, or part of nature that is not named

Usage examples:

There’s a new thing that seals plastic bags., there are some nice things in the stores on sale righ…

noun

An individual thing or person regarded as single and complete but which can also form an individual component of a larger or more complex whole.

Usage examples:

Large areas of land made up of smaller units

A single undivided whole