All nubbin synonyms

noun nubbin

• essence — The intrinsic nature or indispensable quality of something, esp. something abstract, that determines its character.
• seed — the fertilized, matured ovule of a flowering plant, containing an embryo or rudimentary plant.
• fruit — any product of plant growth useful to humans or animals.
• grain — granularity
• meat — the flesh of animals as used for food.
• morsel — a bite, mouthful, or small portion of food, candy, etc.
• nut — the goddess of the sky, sometimes shown as a cow bearing Ra on her back and the stars on her underside.
• atom — An atom is the smallest amount of a substance that can take part in a chemical reaction.
• bit — A bit of something is a small part or section of it.
• centre — A centre is a building where people have meetings, take part in a particular activity, or get help of some kind.
• center — a point equally distant from all points on the circumference of a circle or surface of a sphere
• core — The core of a fruit is the central part of it. It contains seeds or pips.
• crux — The crux of a problem or argument is the most important or difficult part of it which affects everything else.
• germ — a microorganism, especially when disease-producing; microbe.
• gist — the main or essential part of a matter: What was the gist of his speech?
• heart — Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
• hub — the central part of a wheel, as that part into which the spokes are inserted.
• keynote — Music. the note or tone on which a key or system of tones is founded; the tonic.
• marrow — a partner; fellow worker.
• matter — a dull or dead surface, often slightly roughened, as on metals, paint, paper, or glass.
• nub — the point, gist, or heart of something.
• part — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
• piece — a separate or limited portion or quantity of something: a piece of land; a piece of chocolate.
• pith — Botany. the soft, spongy central cylinder of parenchymatous tissue in the stems of dicotyledonous plants.
• root — Elihu [el-uh-hyoo] /ˈɛl əˌhyu/ (Show IPA), 1845–1937, U.S. lawyer and statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1912.
• substance — that of which a thing consists; physical matter or material: form and substance.
• upshot — the final issue, the conclusion, or the result: The upshot of the disagreement was a new bylaw.
• basic — You use basic to describe things, activities, and principles that are very important or necessary, and on which others depend.
• kernel — the softer, usually edible part contained in the shell of a nut or the stone of a fruit.
• nitty-gritty — the essential substance or details of a matter; basics; crux: Let's skip the chitchat and get down to the nitty-gritty.
• nucleus — a central part about which other parts are grouped or gathered; core: A few faithful friends formed the nucleus of the club.
• point — a fraction whose denominator is some power of 10, usually indicated by a dot (decimal point or point) written before the numerator: as 0.4 = 4/10; 0.126 = 126/1000.
• short — having little length; not long.
• bottom line — The bottom line in a decision or situation is the most important factor that you have to consider.