| NOUN | shape | nub, nubble | a small lump or protuberance |
|---|---|---|---|
| object | nub, stub | a small piece | |
| cognition | nub, kernel, substance, core, center, centre, 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Arab ... washtub: 23 rhymes with ahb... | |
| Meaning | A small lump or protuberance. | |
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| Synonym | nubble | |
| Broader | bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescence | Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings |
| Adjectives | nubby | of textiles |
| Meaning | A small piece. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a nub of coal" | |
| Synonym | stub | |
| Narrower | nubbin | A small nub (especially an undeveloped fruit or ear of corn) |
| Broader | part, piece | A portion of a natural object |
| Meaning | The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the nub of the story" | |
| Synonyms | kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, pith, sum, nitty-gritty | |
| Narrower | bare bones | (plural) the most basic facts or elements |
| hypostasis | (metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality | |
| quiddity, haecceity | The essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other | |
| quintessence | The purest and most concentrated essence of something | |
| stuff | A critically important or characteristic component | |
| Broader | content, cognitive content, mental object | The sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned |
| Spanish | centro, corazón, enjundia, esencia, médula, meollo, núcleo, quid, sustancia | |
| Catalan | bessó, centre, cor, essència, nucli, quid, substància | |
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