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Nub

Nub Meaning & Definition
Nub Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Nub?

[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

Synonyms | Synonyms for Nub: center | core | essence | gist | heart | heart and soul | inwardness | kernel | marrow | meat | nitty-gritty | pith | stub | substance | sum

Related Terms | Find terms related to Nub: 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

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

Nub In Webster's Dictionary

\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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