consist of
Definition of consist of
: to be formed or made up of (specified things or people) Breakfast consisted of cereal, fruit, and orange juice. Coal consists mostly of carbon. His wardrobe consists almost entirely of jeans and T-shirts. The crowd consisted mainly/largely of teenage girls.
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: lie, reside
: exist, be
: to be capable of existing
: makeup or composition (as of coal sizes or a railroad train) by classes, types, or grades and arrangement
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