substance
B1Substantiv/US /sˈʌbstəns/ SŬBST-əns; UK /sˈʌbstəns/ SŬBST-əns/
That which underlies all outward manifestations; substratum; the permanent subject or cause of phenomena, whether material or spiritual; that in which properties inhere; that which is real, in distinction from that which is apparent; the abiding part of a
