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kernel

noun as in seed, essence

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Asked to mask up, one passenger pulled out a large bag of popcorn and nibbled her way through it, kernel by kernel, stymieing the cabin crew for the length of the flight.

There are even ways to detect if a kernel is not full inside the shell.

The other kernels are still getting hot, the heat is on, and they’re going to pop no matter what.

When you make popcorn, you heat it up in a pan and, as the kernels get hot, they pop.

All the rest he labeled prokaryotes, for life “before kernel.”

Meanwhile, a tiny rebellion is brewing—the kernel, it seems, for the future Rebel Alliance.

The kernel at the center of Downton Abbey is that ever-appropriate sigh: “Kids these days!”

However, with our story, to give it dramatic tension, it was almost based on a kernel of truth.

"It's really your fault," Veda wails, and Mildred recognizes the kernel of truth in her accusation.

As the Grand Old Party assumes control of the House, an old kernel of wisdom from the likely future Speaker seems newly relevant.

This fruit is of the best description; it is full and juicy, and has a long, broad kernel in the middle.

It is about the size of a nut, with a brown verrucous outside; the edible part is white and tender, and the kernel black.

The kernel is almost the same colour as the nutmeg, but it has no net-work: it is dried in the shade.

From the Minority Report proposals, thus succinctly put, we have so far omitted what is really the kernel of the whole matter.

We are now approaching the fort and palace, the kernel of the city, which it is best to see after the ridge.

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On this page you'll find 61 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to kernel, such as: fruit, grain, meat, morsel, nut, and atom.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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