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nugget
[nuhg-it] 
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nugget
[nuhg-it]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lump, solid piece; often of metal |
| Synonyms: | bullion, chunk, clod, clump, gold, hunk, ingot, mass, ore asset, plum, rock, treasure, wad |
| Main Entry: | clump |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mass of something |
| Synonyms: | array, batch, blob, body, bunch, bundle, chunk, cluster, clutter, gob, group, hodgepodge, hunk, jumble, knot, lot, lump, nugget, parcel, set, shock, wad |
| Main Entry: | good |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advantage, benefit |
| Synonyms: | asset, avail, behalf, benediction, blessing, boon*, commonwealth, favor, gain, godsend, good fortune, interest, nugget, plum, prize, profit, prosperity, service, treasure, use, usefulness, welfare, well-being, windfall |
| Notes: | using good as an adverb in place of well ("she dances real good," "he did good") is nonstandard usage - so, it would be best to say "she dances very well," "he did well" well is an adverb to describe an activity; good is an adjective to describe a condition or state |
| Antonyms: | disadvantage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hunk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chunk of solid material |
| Synonyms: | a lot, batch, bit, block, bulk, bunch, clod, glob, gob, large piece, loads, loaf, lump, mass, morsel, nugget, piece, pile, portion, quantity, slab, slice, wad, wedge |
| Main Entry: | lump |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clump, mass |
| Synonyms: | agglomeration, ball, bit, block, bulge, bulk, bump, bunch, cake, chip, chunk, cluster, crumb, dab, gob, group, growth, handful, hunk, knot, knurl, lot, morsel, mountain, much, nugget, part, peck, piece, pile, portion, protrusion, protuberance, scrap, section, solid, spot, swelling, tumescence, tumor, wad, wedge |
| Main Entry: | plum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reward, prize |
| Synonyms: | asset, bonus, carrot, catch*, cream*, dividend, find, meed, nugget, pick, premium, treasure |
| Antonyms: | penalty, punishment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | valuable |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prized possession |
| Synonyms: | advantage, antique, asset, benefit, collectible, commodity, heirloom, nugget, plum, treasure |
| Antonyms: | garbage, trash |
| Main Entry: | wad |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ball of something |
| Synonyms: | back, block, boodle, bunch, bundle, chunk, clump, cushion, fortune, gathering, heap, hunk, lining, lump, mass, mint, nugget, packet, pad, pile, plug, pot, ream, roll, slew, stuff, tuft, wadding |
| Main Entry: | bean |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small hard pellet |
| Synonyms: | berry, grain, kernel, nugget, seed |
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