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Nugget

Nugget Meaning & Definition
Nugget Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Nugget?

[n] a solid lump of a precious metal (especially gold) as found in the earth

Synonyms | Synonyms for Nugget:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Nugget: bar | batch | block | bulk | bullion | chunk | clod | clump | coin gold | coin silver | copper | gob | gold | gold nugget | hunch | hunk | ingot | loaf | lump | mass | nickel | pat | precious metals | quantity | silver | wad | yellow stuff

See Also | hunk | lump

Nugget In Webster's Dictionary

\Nug"get\, n. [Earlier niggot, prob. for nigot, an ingot. See {Ingot}.] A lump; a mass, esp. a native lump of a precious metal; as, a nugget of gold.

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