kernel
kernel is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A single seed or grain; as, a kernel of corn.
- 2.A small mass around which other matter is concreted; a nucleus; a concretion or hard lump in the flesh.
- 3.The central, substantial or essential part of anything; the gist; the core; as, the kernel of an argument.
- 4.To harden or ripen into kernels; to produce kernels.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- axial
- axis
- azygous
- backbone
- bring
- buoyancy
- center
- central
- centrality
- centralization
- centralize
- centrally
- centrical
- column
- concentrate
- concentration
- concentric
- converge
- convergence
- core
- eye
- focal
- focus
- gravity
- heart
- hotbed
- marrow
- metacenter
- middle
- middlemost
- midst
- nave
- navel
- nucleolus
- nucleus
- oscillation
- percussion
- pith
- pole
- pressure
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is kernel.
- What is a single seed or grain; as, a kernel of corn called?
- What is a small mass around which other matter is concreted; a nucleus; a concretion or hard lump in the flesh called?
- What is the central, substantial or essential part of anything; the gist; the core; as, the kernel of an argument called?
- What is to harden or ripen into kernels; to produce kernels called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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