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out of

preposition (MADE FROM)
 
 
(also of)

Definition

B1 used to show what something is made from: The dress was made out of velvet.Creating and producingInventing, designing and innovation
(Definition of out of preposition (MADE FROM) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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