Noun: nub núb
- The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
"the nub of the story";
- kernel, substance, core, center [US], centre [Brit, Cdn], essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, pith, sum, nitty-gritty [informal]
- A small lump or protuberance
"The climbing wall was covered in nubs for better grip";
- nubble
- A small piece
"a nub of coal";
- stub
Derived forms: nubs
Type of: bulge, bump, cognitive content, content, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, mental object, part, piece, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling
Encyclopedia: Nub