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building block
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of BUILDING BLOCK
one of the parts that make up a whole <historically the infantry division has been a basic building block of armies>
Related Words basis, part and parcel; detail, item, particular, point; aspect, characteristic, facet, feature, trait; division, fragment, particle, partition, piece, portion, section, sector, segment; subcomponent
Near Antonyms aggregate, composite, compound, mass; entirety, sum, summation, total, totality; admixture, amalgam, amalgamation, blend, combination, intermixture, mix, mixture
Antonyms whole
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