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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.]

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

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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