Words Like KERNEL
    
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            20 Alternative Words Similar to kernel
   
            
               
            
            
        
       
    
    
        5 examples of kernel
           
        
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        the kernel of a nut
    
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        a kernel of corn
    
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        the kernel of an argument
    
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        the nub of the story
    
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        the heart and soul of the Republican Party
    
       
    
    
        10 definitions of kernel
           
        
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        The essential part of a seed; all that is within the seed walls; the edible substance contained in the shell of a nut; hence, anything included in a shell, husk, or integument. See Illust. of endocarp.
    
    
    
 
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        A single seed or grain.
    
    
    
 
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        A small mass around which other matter is concreted; a nucleus; a concretion or hard lump in the flesh.
    
    
    
 
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        The central, substantial or essential part of anything; the gist; the core.
    
    
    
 
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        To harden or ripen into kernels; to produce kernels.
    
    
    
 
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        the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
    
    
    
 
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        a single whole grain of a cereal
    
    
    
 
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        the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone
    
    
    
 
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        A grain or seed, as of a cereal grass, enclosed in a husk.
    
    
    
 
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        The inner, usually edible seed of a nut or fruit stone.