Meaning of Nugget | Babel Free
ˈnʌɡətDefinitions
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A small, compact chunk or clump. countable
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A chicken nugget. countable
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A tidbit of something valuable. countable
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A small piece of tasty food, a tidbit. countable
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A type of boot polish. uncountable
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A bud from the Cannabis sativa plant, especially one that is potent. countable
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An inexperienced, newly trained fighter pilot. countable, slang
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A partial description gleaned from data mining. countable, uncountable
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A person with no arms or legs; a basket case. countable, slang
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An item that is typically old and of dubious quality or poor condition. Australia, countable, slang
Equivalents
Examples
“a gold nugget”
“Rough men brought pickle bottles full of nuggets. Mysterious dirty-looking calico bags were opened, disclosing small quantities of water-worn flaky gold, which had been washed out of the beds of rivers with a cradle.”
“By now, we hope you have said “no” to processed nuggets and fingers. Instead, how about taking some real chicken, tossing it with real eggs, a little tangy mustard, and a crunchy quinoa coating?”
“a nugget of wisdom”
“a nugget of truth”
“As he has in superb works like “The Source” (based on the Afghanistan war logs leaked by Chelsea Manning) and “Sound From the Bench” (which set excerpts from Supreme Court proceedings), Hearne takes these found-text nuggets and gives them music that moves from lushly meditative to frenetic and obsessively repetitive […]”
“Jack stifled a smirk at the ensign's expressionless non-reaction. He'd been a nugget himself once, the new guy fresh from training.”
“We have previously said that the heuristic algorithms produce good nuggets for most classes and most λ values […]”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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