1. (noun) kernel, meat
the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone
Synonyms: center, gist, nitty-gritty, heart, sum, marrow, nub, centre, inwardness, essence, core, meat, pith, kernel, heart and soul, substance
2. (noun) kernel
a single whole grain of a cereal
Synonyms: center, gist, nitty-gritty, heart, sum, marrow, nub, centre, inwardness, essence, core, meat, pith, heart and soul, substance
3. (noun) kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
Synonyms: affection, summation, warmness, sum of money, sum total, means, affectionateness, substance, center of attention, center field, content, nucleus, plaza, meaning, meat, bone marrow, centre, burden, stub, center, tenderness, snapper, core, totality, marrow, heart and soul, sum, fondness, total, nerve, core group, internality, marrow squash, nerve center, shopping center, aggregate, nub, join, kernel, nitty-gritty, union, spirit, centerfield, gist, warmheartedness, nerve centre, inwardness, centre of attention, pith, heart, shopping mall, nubble, bosom, mall, essence, ticker, message, pump, magnetic core, effect, mettle, shopping centre, perfume, spunk, philia, subject matter, amount of money, midpoint, vegetable marrow, eye, amount, middle
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