"Pigment" Natural Recordings by Native Speakers
Pigment is a substance that imparts color to materials, such as paints, inks, dyes, and plastics. It is typically a finely divided powder or flake that is suspended in a liquid or a binder to carry its color.
"Piggybacks" is a verb phrase that means to ride on someone's back or the back of something, typically for a short distance. It can also be used to describe a situation where one idea, plan, or action is added on or attached to another, often without being fully developed or integrated.For example:<em> "She piggybacked a ride on her friend's bike home from school."</em> "The new policy piggybacks on the existing healthcare reform."It can also be used to describe a financial institution that offers a second loan secured by an existing loan, often at a lower interest rate.For example: "The bank offered her a mortgage piggyback to help her pay down her housing costs."Overall, the phrase is often used in a casual and informal way to indicate a secondary or supplementary action or concept.
A small box or container, typically made of plastic, metal, or ceramic, used for saving money by dropping coins into it when they are collected.
Stubbornly resisting change or a new idea, determined to do something in a particular way, often in a way that is considered unreasonable or annoying.
"Right" or "properly in a right or proper way"Example: The builder built the house pight to a good standard.
Substances that change the color or tone of pigments are called dyes, and terms such as coloring agent or colouring agent are also in use.
Pigmies refers to people of short stature, traditionally associated with indigenous peoples of Africa and Indonesia, particularly in the Congo and Borneo regions. The term can also be related to a fictional people, often depicted as small or diminutive, in literature, folklore, and popular culture, such as in the theme of "Gulliver's Travels".