Upper-Intermediate 📚 Vocabulary · #975 of 1319

particle (n.)

a tiny piece of matter

Examples

  • Subatomic particles.

Key rules

  • A particle is a tiny piece of matter
  • Subatomic particles, a particle of dust
  • Particle is countable

Common mistakes

  • The particle are small → The particles are small
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