nub

nub

N0184000 (nŭb)n.1. A protuberance or knob.2. A small lump.3. The essence; the core: the nub of a story.

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[Variant of knub, probably from Low German knubbe, from Middle Low German, variant of knobbe.]

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nub′by adj.

nub

(nʌb) n1. a small lump or protuberance2. a small piece or chunk3. the point or gist: the nub of a story. 4. (Textiles) a small fibrous knot in yarn[C16: variant of knub, from Middle Low German knubbe knob] ˈnubbly adj

nub

(nʌb)

n. 1. the point, gist, or heart of something. 2. a knob or protuberance. 3. a small piece. [1585–95; < Low German knubbe]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	nub - a small lump or protuberance nubbleexcrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, bulge, protrusion, protuberance, swelling, bump, prominence - something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns"
	2.	nub - a small piece; "a nub of coal"; "a stub of a pencil"stubnubbin - a small nub (especially an undeveloped fruit or ear of corn)part, piece - a portion of a natural object; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite"
	3.	nub - the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"essence, heart and soul, inwardness, nitty-gritty, pith, substance, gist, kernel, meat, core, sum, marrow, heart, center, centrecognitive content, mental object, content - the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learnedbare bones - (plural) the most basic facts or elements; "he told us only the bare bones of the story"hypostasis - (metaphysics) essential nature or underlying realityhaecceity, quiddity - the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any otherquintessence - the purest and most concentrated essence of somethingstuff - a critically important or characteristic component; "suspense is the very stuff of narrative"

nub

noun gist, point, heart, core, essence, nucleus, kernel, crux, pith That, I think, is the nub of the problem.

nub

noun1. An unevenness or elevation on a surface:bump, hump, knob, knot, lump, protuberance.2. The most central and material part:core, essence, gist, heart, kernel, marrow, meat, pith, quintessence, root, soul, spirit, stuff, substance.Law: gravamen.

Translations

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