Definitions
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
Word origin
From Middle English kernel, kirnel, kürnel, from Old English cyrnel, from Proto-West Germanic *kurnil, diminutive of Proto-Germanic *kurną (“seed, grain, corn”), equivalent to corn + -le. Cognate with Yiddish קערנדל (kerndl), Middle Dutch kernel, cornel, Middle High German kornel. Related also to Old Norse kjarni (“kernel”).
Used in a sentence
“the kernel of an argument”
“The Linux kernel is open-source.”
“The Dirichlet kernel convolved with a function yields its Fourier series approximation.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Essential core”6 letters
02“Core of a seed”6 letters
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