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Nub

noun

A small lump or protuberance. Synonym: nubble.

A small piece. Synonym: stub. "A stub of a pencil"

The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience. Synonyms: center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, pith, substance, sum. "The heart and soul of the Republican Party" , "The nub of the story"

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"Nub" Quotes from Famous Books

... with a 61/4 Hat who did not know the difference between the Pistil and the Stamen he was the most learned Thing in Seven States. Professor Otis was crowded into the Ditch. Sometimes he wonders which of the two has the nub end of the Argument that started in ...

— People You Know • George Ade

Words linked to "Nub" : quintessence, jut, excrescence, bump, protuberance, part, nubble, mental object, quiddity, protrusion, meat, extrusion, core, bare bones, stuff, piece, prominence, cognitive content, swelling, content, essence, haecceity, gibbosity, stub, hump, gibbousness, hypostasis, bulge