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Hello,
A friend and I were thinking about a word for when something is made up of what it is.
For example, we were in a large lumber store that was made of entirely of wood and it also stored wood. He suggested that there is a scientific word but we couldn't figure it out.
Would anyone be able to help us?
-Jesse A. Robles
I don't understand your example, Jesse. Are you looking for another word for "lumber store," because the lumber store is made with lumber? How about a masonry store made of bricks? Or a Lego store made of legos? Or a gingerbread house made of gingerbread? An ice cream sandwich is made up of - oddly enough - ice cream and a sandwich. It's common to name things for what they are made up of, though I'm quite happy that hot dogs are not made up of dogs in heat! Kidding aside, you can just as well store wood in a brick or cement building as a wood building, but what of it? I'm not sure what kind of word you're looking for?
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