atoms
nounUK /ˈætəmz/
US /ˈætəmz/
Atoms are the tiny building blocks that make up everything around us.
Everything you can touch, like your toys and your chair, is made of atoms.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. The smallest pieces of a chemical element that still act like that element.
Water is made of hydrogen and oxygen atoms joined together.
3. Very small amounts of something.
There is not an atom of truth in that silly rumor.
4. In science fiction, tiny energy beings or particles with special powers.
The cartoon hero could shrink down to the size of atoms.