nub
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(noun) a small piece; "a nub of coal" or "a stub of a pencil" |
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Synonyms: stub |
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Related Words: nubbin, part, piece |
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(noun) a small lump or protuberance |
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Related Words: bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance |
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(noun) the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience: "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the nub of the story" |
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Synonyms: center, core, essence, gist, heart, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, pith, substance, sum |
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Related Words: cognitive content, content, hypostasis, mental object, quintessence, stuff |
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