Nugget
Definitions
- A small, compact chunk or clump.
- A chicken nugget.
- A tidbit of something valuable.
- A small piece of tasty food, a tidbit.
- A type of boot polish.
- A bud from the Cannabis sativa plant, especially one that is potent.
- An inexperienced, newly trained fighter pilot.
- A partial description gleaned from data mining.
- A person with no arms or legs; a basket case.
- An item that is typically old and of dubious quality or poor condition.
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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