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| NOUN | 1 | nub, nubble | A small lump or protuberance |
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| 2 | nub, stub | A small piece | |
| 3 | nub, kernel, substance, core, center, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, pith, sum, nitty-gritty | The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience |
| Sounds | nah'b |
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| Rhymes | Arab, bathtub, carob, and 20 more rhymes in ahb... |
| Meaning | A small lump or protuberance. |
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| Synonyms | nubble |
| Broader | bulge, bump, hump, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence |
| Adjectives | nubby; nubby |
| Meaning | A small piece. |
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| Examples | "a nub of coal" |
| Synonyms | stub |
| Broader | part, piece |
| Narrower | nubbin |
| Meaning | The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience. |
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| Examples | "the nub of the story" |
| Synonyms | kernel, substance, core, center, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, pith, sum, nitty-gritty |
| Broader | content, cognitive content, mental object |
| Narrower | bare bones; hypostasis; quiddity, haecceity; quintessence; stuff |
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