Thesaurus: kernel

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1. n. 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; as, the kernel of a nut. See Illust. of Endocarp.
2. n. A single seed or grain; as, a kernel of corn.
3. n. A small mass around which other matter is concreted; a nucleus; a concretion or hard lump in the flesh.
4. n. The central, substantial or essential part of anything; the gist; the core; as, the kernel of an argument.
5. v. i. To harden or ripen into kernels; to produce kernels.
6. n. the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone
7. n. a single whole grain of a cereal
8. n. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
9. 1. 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; as, the kernel of a nut. See Illust. of Endocarp. ' A were as good crack a fusty nut with no kernel Shak. 2. A single seed or grain; as, a kernel of corn. 3. A small mass around which other matter is concreted; a nucleus; a concretion or hard lump in the flesh. 4. The central, substantial or essential part of anything; the gist; the core; as, the kernel of an argument. To harden or ripen into kernels; to produce kernels.
10. n:100 n. the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone n. a single whole grain of a cereal n. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience