kernel

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noun

1. the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone
- black walnut kernels are difficult to get out of the shell
• Syn:
meat
• Hypernyms:
plant part, plant structure
• Part Holonyms:
seed
2. a single whole grain of a cereal
- a kernel of corn
• Hypernyms:
grain, caryopsis
• Hyponyms:
corn
3. 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
• Syn:
substance, core, center, centre, essence,
gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat,
nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty
• Derivationally related forms:
summate (for: sum), pithy (for: pith), meaty (for: meat), essential (for: essence), central (for: center)
• Hypernyms:
content, cognitive content, mental object
• Hyponyms:
bare bones, hypostasis, quiddity, haecceity, quintessence, stuff

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, meat