kernel

ker·nel  (kûrnl)

n.

1. A grain or seed, as of a cereal grass, enclosed in a husk.

2. The inner, usually edible seed of a nut or fruit stone.

3. The most material and central part; the core: "that hard kernel of gaiety that never breaks" (Evelyn Waugh).

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[Middle English, from Old English cyrnel; see g-no- in Indo-European roots.]

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kerneled adj.

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kernel [ˈkɜːn^əl]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) the edible central part of a seed, nut, or fruit within the shell or stone

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) the grain of a cereal, esp wheat, consisting of the seed in a hard husk

3. the central or essential part of something

vb -nels, -nelling, -nelled US, -nels -neling, -neled

(intr) Rare to form kernels

[Old English cyrnel a little seed, from corn seed; see corn¹]

kernel-less  adj

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kernel  (kûrnl)

1. A grain or seed, as of a cereal grass, enclosed in a husk.

2. The inner, usually edible seed of a nut or fruit stone.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	kernel - the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone; "black walnut kernels are difficult to get out of the shell" meat plant part, plant structure - any part of a plant or fungus seed - a small hard fruit
	2.	kernel - a single whole grain of a cereal; "a kernel of corn" corn - the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal caryopsis, grain - dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn
	3.	kernel - the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story" essence, heart and soul, inwardness, nitty-gritty, pith, substance, gist, meat, nub, sum, core, marrow, heart, center, centre cognitive content, mental object, content - the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned bare bones - (plural) the most basic facts or elements; "he told us only the bare bones of the story" hypostasis - (metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality haecceity, quiddity - the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other quintessence - the purest and most concentrated essence of something stuff - a critically important or characteristic component; "suspense is the very stuff of narrative"

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kernel

noun essence, core, substance, gist, grain, marrow, germ, nub, pith the kernel of his message

Translations

kernel [ˈkɜːnl] N [of nut] → almendra f; (= seed) [of fruit] → pepita f, pepa f (LAm); [of grain] → grano m (fig) [of matter, question] → meollo m, núcleo m
a kernel of truth → un grano de verdad

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kernel [ˈkɜː^rn^əl] n

[nut] → amande f

(= central point) (fig) → noyau m

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kernel

n (lit, fig) → Kern m

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kernel [ˈkɜːnl] n (of nut) → gheriglio; (of fruit stone) → nocciolo, seme m

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kernel

n kernel [ˈkəːnl]

1 the softer substance inside the shell of a nut, or the stone of a fruit such as a plum, peach etc. pit نواة، حَبَّة، بِذْرَه ядка jádro, pecka kerne der Kern ψίχα (ξηρού καρπού), κουκούτσι semilla, pepita, hueso tuum مغز؛ دانه sydän amande הַגֵלעִין गिरी, दाना jezgra bél biji kjarni nocciolo 仁 (과실의) 인(仁); (콩 등의) 꼬투리, 겉껍질 속의 열매 branduolys (rieksta) kodols; (augļa) kauliņš isi pit kjerne; stein jądro miolo sâmbure; miez ядро jadro jedro, koščica jezgro kärna เนื้อในของลูกไม้เปลือกแข็ง çekirdek içi 果核 ядро; кісточка میوے کی گری ، مغز hạt 果核

2 the central, most important part of a matter. kern لُب الموضوع، جَوْهَر المسألَه същина jádro kerne der Kern η ουσία ενός θέματος núcleo, meollo iva بخش اصلی ydin fond (du problème) גַרעִין सार srž lényege, magva vminek inti kjarni nocciolo 核心 중심부 esmė būtība inti sari persoalan kern kjerne sedno miolo fond (al problemei) суть jadro jedro srž kärna แก่นของเรื่อง öz, esas 核心 суть کسی شے کا مرکز یا اہم حصہ trọng tâm 核心