kerneled


ker·nel

C0486900 (kûr′nəl)n.1. A grain or seed, as of a cereal grass, enclosed in a husk.2. The usually edible seed inside the hard covering of a nut or fruit stone.3. a. The central or most important part; the core: "The kernel of his practical religion was that it was respectable, and beneficial to one's business, to be seen going to services" (Sinclair Lewis).b. A small amount of something, especially when potentially developing into something else: detected a kernel of anger in his remarks.
[Middle English, from Old English cyrnel; see gr̥ə-no- in Indo-European roots.]
ker′neled adj.