Be made of / be made with

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Hi,I'd like to know what's the difference between the phrase 'be made of' and 'be made with'. Could anyone give me some examples to show their meanings.Thanks in advance.

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aleileiI'd like to know what's the difference between the phrase 'be made of' and 'be made with'. Could anyone give me some examples to show their meanings.

Hello!
Given that I'm not a native speaker, nor am I a teacher of english, however I can help you by quoting the deffinition of Cambridge Dictionary , I find "make of/from" and not with.

make (PRODUCE) /meIk/ verb [T] made, made

1 to produce something, often using a particular substance or material:
Shall I make some coffee?
He'd made a chocolate cake.
She makes all her own clothes.
[+ two objects] He made us some coffee./He made some coffee for us.
The pot is made to withstand high temperatures.
He works for a company that makes garden furniture.
The label on the box said 'made in Taiwan'.
Butter is made out of/from milk.
earrings made of gold
Her new trainer has promised to make an olympic athlete of her.

2 To make a film or television programme is to direct, produce it, or act in it:
John Huston made some great films.
The film was made by Goldcrest Productions.
So why didn't Garbo make any films after 1941?

make a day/night/evening/weekend of it
to lengthen an activity or combine a series of activities so that they last for the whole of that particular period of time:
Let's make an evening of it and catch the last train home.
We don't get out often so we thought we'd make a day of it.

make do
to manage to live without things that you would like to have or with things of a worse quality than you would like:
We didn't have cupboards so we made do with boxes.

make or break sth
to make something a success or a failure:
Recognition by this organization can make or break a career.

Be made of / be made with

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