Meaning of NUB
| Pronunciation: | | nub
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- [n] 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"
- [n] a small piece; "a nub of coal"; "a stub of a pencil"
- [n] a small lump or protuberance
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| | Synonyms: | | center, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, pith, stub, substance, sum |
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| | See Also: | | bulge, bump, cognitive content, content, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, haecceity, hump, hypostasis, jut, mental object, nubbin, part, piece, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, quiddity, quintessence, stuff | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Nub\, v. t. [Cf. {Knob}.]
To push; to nudge; also, to beckon. [Prov. Eng.]
\Nub\, n.
A jag, or snag; a knob; a protuberance; also, the point or
gist, as of a story. [Colloq.]
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| | Related Terms: | | axiom, axis, bench mark, bilge, blain, bleb, blister, blob, boss, bow, bubble, bulb, bulge, bulla, bump, bunch, burl, button, cahot, cardinal point, center, center of action, center of gravity, centroid, centrum, chief thing, chine, climax, clump, condyle, convex, core, cornerstone, crisis, critical point, crux, dead center, distillate, distillation, dowel, ear, elixir, epicenter, essence, essential, essential matter, fabric, feel, finish, flange, flap, flower, focus, fundamental, gall, gist, gnarl, grain, granular texture, gravamen, great point, handle, heart, high point, hill, hub, hump, hunch, hypostasis, important thing, indentation, inner essence, issue, jog, joggle, kernel, keystone, knob, knot, knub, knur, knurl, landmark, lip, loop, lump, main point, main thing, marrow, material, material point, matter, meat, medium, medulla, metacenter, middle, milestone, mole, mountain, nap, nave, navel, nevus, nubbin, nubble, nucleus, nuts and bolts, omphalos, papilloma, peg, pile, pit, pith, pivot, pock, postulate, principle, protuberance, quid, quiddity, quintessence, real issue, rib, ridge, ring, salient point, sap, shag, short, shoulder, sine qua non, soul, spine, spirit, storm center, structure, stud, stuff, style, substance, substantive point, sum and substance, surface, surface texture, tab, texture, the bottom line, the nitty-gritty, the point, tubercle, tubercule, turning point, umbilicus, upshot, verruca, vesicle, wale, wart, weave, welt, woof |
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