nub

nub
n
1. knob, knop, pommel, nubbin, nubble; bump, hump, node, nodule; protuberance, protrusion, gall, growth, excrescence, tubercle, tuberculum, Bot. tubercule, tuberosity, tumor; bulge, swelling, tumescence, gibbosity, Bot., Zool. boss; knot, bunch, gnarl. knurl, burl; mound, hillock, hummock, monticule, knop, (in South Africa) kopje, Chiefly Brit. barrow, Brit. Dial. tump.
2. lump, clump, chunk, mass, hunk; block, square, wad, squab, Inf. hunch; nugget, clod; piece, fragment, bit, butt.
3.Informal. core, pith, kernel, nucleus, center, focus, Law. gravamen; meat, heart, heart and soul, soul, marrow, sap; gist, sum and substance; material, matter, fiber, fabric, Inf. nitty-gritty, Inf. nuts and bolts; essence, quiddity, haecceity; point, main point, essential point, cardinal point, Inf. bottom line; issue, real issue, matter at hand, Inf. name of the game.

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