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Feeling and the sense of touch

feeling

noun

something that you feel physically in your body

feeling

noun

the ability to feel pain, heat etc in your body

sensation

noun

the ability to feel something, especially by touching it

tactile

adjective

concerning the sense of touch

touch

noun

the sense that tells you what something feels like, through your skin or when you put your fingers on it

vocal fry

a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence

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dray

a type of cart pulled by a horse and used in the past for carrying barrels of beer

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conflict mineral

a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons

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