thing
From Wiktionary
thing is part of the Basic English 850.
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- An item; an object.
- She sent her things to New York.
[change] Usage
People often use the word “thing” to talk about items in general, items that have no name, or items that are hard to describe. They sometimes use it to talk about items whose names they have forgotten.
