nugget

nug·get

 (nŭg′ĭt)

n.

1. A small, solid lump, especially of gold.

2. A small compact portion or unit: nuggets of information.

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[Perhaps diminutive of English dialectal nug, lump.]

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nugget

(ˈnʌɡɪt)

n

1. a small piece or lump, esp of gold in its natural state

2. something small but valuable or excellent

[C19: origin unknown]

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Nugget

(ˈnʌɡɪt)

n

trademark shoe polish

vb

(tr; sometimes not capital) informal to shine (shoes)

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nug•get

(ˈnʌg ɪt)

n.

1. a lump, esp. of native gold or other precious metal.

2. anything small but of great value or significance: nuggets of wisdom.

3. a small batter-fried piece of chicken or fish.

[1850–55; perhaps diminutive of obsolete nug small piece, akin to nog²; see -et]

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nugget

Past participle: nuggetted
Gerund: nuggetting

Imperative

nugget

nugget

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

nugget - a solid lump of a precious metal (especially gold) as found in the earth hunk, lump - a large piece of something without definite shape; "a hunk of bread"; "a lump of coal"

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nugget

noun lump, piece, mass, chunk, clump, hunk Miners sifting gravel from the Yukon River in search of gold nuggets

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nugget

noun

An irregularly shaped mass of indefinite size:

chunk, clod, clump, gob, hunch, lump, wad.

Informal: hunk.

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Translations

شَذْرَه من مَعْدَن

valoun

klump=-klump

Nugget

hippu

pépite

aranyrög

moli

pepitapepita d'oro

grynuolis

tīrradnis

steen

gullklump

самородок

külçetopak

块金天然金块

nugget

[ˈnʌgɪt] N (Min) → pepita f
gold nugget → pepita de oro

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nugget

[ˈnʌgɪt] n

[gold] → pépite f

[butter] → noix f

a nugget of information → un renseignement
a nugget of truth → une parcelle de vérité

(COOKERY) morceau de viande, de poisson ou de légume en beignet
chicken nuggets → nuggets de poulet

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nugget

n (of gold etc) → Klumpen m; (fig: of information, knowledge) → Brocken m, → Bröckchen nt

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nugget

[ˈnʌgɪt] n → pepita

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nugget

(ˈnagit) noun

a lump, especially of gold. klont شَذْرَه من مَعْدَن чиста буца (злато) pepita valoun das Nugget klump; -klump βόλος συν. χρυσού pepita kamakas قطعه؛ تکه فلز kimpale pépite גוּש זָהָב कच्चा सोना, मूल्यवान grumen (arany)rög bungkahan emas (gull)moli pepita 金塊 (귀금속 등의) 덩어리 grynuolis tīrradnis ketulan (goud)klompje klumpsamorodek قطعه،ټوټه ،پارچه pepita pepită самородок hruda kepa zlata grumen klump, klimp ก้อนโลหะมีค่า külçe, topak 貴重金屬塊(常指金塊) самородок سونے کا ڈلا vàng cục tự nhiên 块金，天然金块

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