Kernel - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈkɜːrnl|
Brit.
|ˈkɜːn(ə)l|
noun
- the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone (syn: meat)
black walnut kernels are difficult to get out of the shell
- a single whole grain of a cereala kernel of corn
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience (syn: center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, substance, sum)Extra examples
There's not a kernel of truth in what they say.
...the kernel of your argument seems to be the inevitability of the division of that nation along ethnic lines...
The kernel of this doctrine is quite mysterious.
This evidence is the kernel of the defendants' case.
There may be a kernel of truth in what he says.
Word forms
noun
singular: kernel
plural: kernels
singular: kernel
plural: kernels
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