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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a small lump or protuberance [syn: nub, nubble]
2: a small piece; "a nub of coal"; "a stub of a pencil" [syn: nub, stub]
3: 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" [syn: kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty- gritty]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: alteration of English dialect knub, probably from Low German knubbe Date: 1727 1. knob, lump 2. nubbin 3. gist, point <the nub of the problem>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 the point or gist (of a matter or story). 2 a small lump, esp. of coal. 3 a stub; a small residue. Derivatives: nubby adj. Etymology: app. var. of knub, f. MLG knubbe, knobbe KNOB

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Nub Nub, v. t. [Cf. Knob.] To push; to nudge; also, to beckon. [Prov. Eng.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Nub Nub, n. A jag, or snag; a knob; a protuberance; also, the point or gist, as of a story. [Colloq.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

The nub of a situation, problem, or argument is the central and most basic part of it. That, I think, is the nub of the problem... Here we reach the nub of the argument. = crux N-SING: the N, usu N of n

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

The neck; also coition.

Moby Thesaurus

axiom, axis, bench mark, bilge, blain, bleb, blister, blob, boss, bow, bubble, bulb, bulge, bulla, bump, bunch, burl, button, cahot, cardinal point, center, center of action, center of gravity, centroid, centrum, chief thing, chine, climax, clump, condyle, convex, core, cornerstone, crisis, critical point, crux, dead center, distillate, distillation, dowel, ear, elixir, epicenter, essence, essential, essential matter, fabric, feel, finish, flange, flap, flower, focus, fundamental, gall, gist, gnarl, grain, granular texture, gravamen, great point, handle, heart, high point, hill, hub, hump, hunch, hypostasis, important thing, indentation, inner essence, issue, jog, joggle, kernel, keystone, knob, knot, knub, knur, knurl, landmark, lip, loop, lump, main point, main thing, marrow, material, material point, matter, meat, medium, medulla, metacenter, middle, milestone, mole, mountain, nap, nave, navel, nevus, nubbin, nubble, nucleus, nuts and bolts, omphalos, papilloma, peg, pile, pit, pith, pivot, pock, postulate, principle, protuberance, quid, quiddity, quintessence, real issue, rib, ridge, ring, salient point, sap, shag, short, shoulder, sine qua non, soul, spine, spirit, storm center, structure, stud, stuff, style, substance, substantive point, sum and substance, surface, surface texture, tab, texture, the bottom line, the nitty-gritty, the point, tubercle, tubercule, turning point, umbilicus, upshot, verruca, vesicle, wale, wart, weave, welt, woof