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Main Entry:	pith [pith] Show IPA/pɪθ/ Show Spelled
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	core
Synonyms:	center, corey, crux, embodiment, essence, fiber, force, gist, heart, importance, marrow, meat, medulla, nucleus, pulp, significance, soul, strength, substance, sum and substance, vigor

Main Entry:	body
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	main part of written work
Synonyms:	argument, burden, core, discourse, dissertation, evidence, exposition, gist, heart, material, meat, pith, sense, substance, text, thesis, treatise, upshot

Main Entry:	bottom
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	base, core
Synonyms:	basis, bottom line, cause, essence, essentiality, ground, heart, mainspring, marrow, origin, pith, principle, quintessence, root, soul, source, stuff, substance, virtuality
Antonyms:	exteriority, outside

Example Sentences

Remove as much of the white membrane or pith as possible.

The grading itself is probably not the pith of this issue.

The royal guards slouched a little, and wore pith helmets.

Remove as much of the white membrane or pith as possible.

The grading itself is probably not the pith of this issue.

The royal guards slouched a little, and wore pith helmets.

Following its curve with the knife, slice off the peel and white pith.

Imagine you are the kind of guy who owns a pith helmet.

Cut away all skin and white pith from oranges, down to the flesh.

Gordon recently doffed his pith helmet long enough to respond to our questions.

They learn to extract the pith from the spine-defended inedible stem.

Slice away all the skin and white pith of the oranges, down to the flesh.

Other threats include young plants being eaten or trampled by livestock, fires, and removal of pith from trunks.

Cut off top and bottom of lemon, and slice off skin and pith.

The decor is pith helmet-chic and the central raison d'être seems to be drinks at the bar and manly camaraderie.

Meanwhile, peel tangerines, removing tiny threads of pith.

Use a sharp knife to cut peel from oranges, removing all the white pith.

Using a paring knife, peel the orange, cutting deeply enough to remove the outer layer of white pith.

Peel citrus, removing as much pith as possible, and slice into wheels.

Peel zest from oranges and lemons with a vegetable peeler, avoiding white pith.

Then juice oranges, reserving juice and peel, and discarding any pith that remains.

With the point of a small knife, remove and discard any pith.

Thoroughly peel the lemons, discarding all the peel and the white pith.

Working with a bowl to collect the juices, peel oranges with paring knife, removing white pith.

Stand lemons on end on a cutting board, and cut away white pith until the flesh is exposed.

Bonus points will be awarded for anecdotal offerings and the usual high quality pith.

Hold the orange above a bowl while you peel away the skin and white pith from top to bottom using a paring knife.

Carefully zest the lemons with a zester or vegetable peeler so there is no white pith on the peel.

Carefully peel lemon, adding yellow peel to pot and leaving white pith behind.

Beyond the safaris and pith helmets, the political violence and prejudice.

Halve peppers and onions crosswise, removing pith and stems from peppers and inner rings from onions.

Peel the orange, removing all the white pith and slice it into.

Remove all peel and pith from fruit in largest pieces possible.

Hansen bangs on a typewriter while wearing a pith helmet as two women wander by, speaking nonsense.

Using a sharp knife, carefully remove the pith from all the oranges, so the.

Meanwhile remove all the skin and pith from the oranges, separate the sections and toss with the liqueur.

He was the man in a pith helmet, seated near the center of the picture, not the man in a white suit.

To make the sauce, remove the orange zest with a vegetable peeler, avoiding the white pith.

On traffic islands white-gloved policemen in pith helmets control the flow.

Entering a roomful of pancake eaters, none of whom carried a net or wore a pith helmet, a reporter had but one option.

Use pruners to cut out dry, blackened stems until you reach healthy pith.

Stick with a vegetable peeler or paring knife, and avoid as much of the bitter white pith as you can.

Remove as much pith as possible and carefully separate the fruit into segments without breaking the.

To make the sauce, use a paring knife to remove all peel and pith from the oranges, working over a bowl to collect any juice.

He wore a pith helmet and shared advice on such matters as the wearing of thermal underwear to beat the heat.

One wishes her biographer more closely matched her pith and concision.

Main Entry:	center
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	middle point
Synonyms:	axis, bull's-eye, centrality, centriole, centrum, core, cynosure, equidistance, essence, focal point, focus, gist, heart, hotbed, hub, inside, interior, intermediacy, kernel, mainstream, marrow, middle of the road, midpoint, midst, nave, navel, nucleus, omphalos, pith*, pivot, place, polestar, quick, radial point, root, seat
Antonyms:	border, boundary, edge, exterior, exteriority, margin, outside, outskirts, periphery, rim, surroundings

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	consequence
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	importance, significance
Synonyms:	account, concern, exigency, fame, honor, import, interest, magnitude, moment, momentousness, need, note, pith, portent, renown, reputation, repute, signification, value, weight, weightiness
Antonyms:	insignificance, unimportance, worthlessness

Main Entry:	core
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	center, gist
Synonyms:	amount, base, basis, body, bottom line, bulk, burden, consequence, corpus, crux, essence, focus, foundation, heart, import, importance, kernel, main idea, mass, meat and potatoes, meat, middle, midpoint, midst, nitty gritty, nub, nucleus, origin, pith*, pivot, purport, quick, root, significance, staple, substance, thrust, upshot
Antonyms:	covering, exterior, exteriority, outside, perimeter, surface

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	crux
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	most important part
Synonyms:	body, bottom line, core, decisive point, essence, gist, heart, kernel, matter, meat and potatoes, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith*, purport, substance, thrust
Antonyms:	trivia

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	essence
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	heart, significance
Synonyms:	aspect, attribute, backbone, base, basis, be-all and end-all, being, bottom, bottom line, burden, caliber, character, chief constituent, constitution, core, crux, element, entity, essentia, essentiality, fiber, form, fundamentals, germ, grain, kernel, life, lifeblood, main idea, marrow, meaning, meat, name of game, nature, nitty-gritty, nub, nucleus, pith*, point, principle, property, quality, quiddity, quintessence, reality, root, soul, spirit, structure, stuff, substance, timber, vein, virtuality

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	fortitude
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	strength of mind; guts
Synonyms:	backbone, boldness, braveness, bravery, constancy, courage, courageousness, dauntlessness, determination, endurance, fearlessness, firmness, grit, gutsiness, hardihood, heart, intrepidity, mettle, moxie, nerve, patience, perseverance, pith*, pluck, resoluteness, resolution, spine, spirit, spunk, stamina, starch, staying power, stick-to-itiveness, stomach, stoutheartedness, tenacity, true grit, valiancy, valor, valorousness, what it takes
Antonyms:	cowardice, helplessness, weakness

* = informal/non-formal usage
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