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Word entry · 3 letters

nub

Best crossword clue

"Small lump"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /nʌb/Part of speech nounSorted bnuStarts with NEnds with B1 cluesCommon crossword word
1N2U3B

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Definitions

  1. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

Word origin

Either directly from Middle Low German, or from knub, from a Middle Low German word (compare Low German Knubbel, Knobbel (“knot; lump”)). Compare knob.

Used in a sentence

  • What do you think is the nub of the problem?
  • Very often, of course, the rambling and disjointed humorous story finishes with a nub, point, snapper, or whatever you like to call it.
  • But surely the males are no problem? Aha...no we're approaching the nub.

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