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nugget

/ˈnʌɡɪt

noun

1A small lump of gold or other precious metal found ready-formed in the earth.At one time, large nuggets of gold could be found lying on the Earth's surface....

The final chapter is an interesting collection of photographs of unusually shaped gold nuggets and masses.
In economic terms, they are the gold nuggets in the economic mine of prosperity.

1.1A small chunk or lump of another substance: nuggets of meat...

The Little House, at 32 Waterman Street, offers young children and their parents a play area and activities as well as favourite dishes such as cheese toasties, chicken nuggets, chips and toasted muffins.
The company says it has already improved its chicken nuggets, which now only contain breast meat and 30 per cent less salt.
Good food came at a price; and more often than not, the rabble were fed on chicken nuggets and chips in a mediocre restaurant offering a ‘children's menu’.

Synonyms

lump, chunk, small piece, hunk, mass, clump, wad, gobbet, globule;

Scottish dod

British informal wodge

North American informal gob

rare nub

1.2A valuable idea or fact: nuggets of information...

Their paws are poised, ready to pounce on ideas and nuggets of information.
He is an enthusiast rather than an expert, and as such he makes an eager, engaging guide, tirelessly scattering nuggets of fact and diving with gusto into Shakespeare's writing at every opportunity.
Okay, now write down those valuable nuggets of wisdom, and email them to me.

Origin

Mid 19th century: apparently from dialect nug 'lump', of unknown origin.

单词	nugget
释义	nugget /ˈnʌɡɪt / noun 1A small lump of gold or other precious metal found ready-formed in the earth.At one time, large nuggets of gold could be found lying on the Earth's surface.... The final chapter is an interesting collection of photographs of unusually shaped gold nuggets and masses. In economic terms, they are the gold nuggets in the economic mine of prosperity. 1.1A small chunk or lump of another substance: nuggets of meat... The Little House, at 32 Waterman Street, offers young children and their parents a play area and activities as well as favourite dishes such as cheese toasties, chicken nuggets, chips and toasted muffins. The company says it has already improved its chicken nuggets, which now only contain breast meat and 30 per cent less salt. Good food came at a price; and more often than not, the rabble were fed on chicken nuggets and chips in a mediocre restaurant offering a ‘children's menu’. Synonyms lump, chunk, small piece, hunk, mass, clump, wad, gobbet, globule; Scottish dod British informal wodge North American informal gob rare nub 1.2A valuable idea or fact: nuggets of information... Their paws are poised, ready to pounce on ideas and nuggets of information. He is an enthusiast rather than an expert, and as such he makes an eager, engaging guide, tirelessly scattering nuggets of fact and diving with gusto into Shakespeare's writing at every opportunity. Okay, now write down those valuable nuggets of wisdom, and email them to me. Origin Mid 19th century: apparently from dialect nug 'lump', of unknown origin. Rhymes drugget
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