nubbins

noun

plural of nubbin
1
as in specks
a very small piece had only a nubbin of crayon left

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2
as in roots
the central part or aspect of something under consideration this nubbin of the intelligence report is the prediction that the country's government will soon fall

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nubbins
  1. specks
  2. roots
  3. flecks
  4. hearts
  5. bits
  6. kernels
  7. particles
  8. cores
Noun
  • Calcium shows up as bright white specks on the coronary artery images.
    — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Pulse a few times, until crumbs range in size from specks to peas.
    — Leah Eskin, Midwest Living, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of specks
Noun
  • Vest’s campus roots Ma, 25, became interested in crypto derivatives while studying finance and philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania.
    — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Plus, plenty of scalp serums are available, too (great hair starts at the roots, of course).
    — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of roots
Noun
  • The oversized jacket featured a furry white base adorned with flecks of silver, which beautifully mirrored the sumptuous coats on the runway.
    — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Add the torn basil and process just until incorporated -- there will be flecks of green in the mixture.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of flecks
Noun
  • Brockman’s message received 40 hearts, five checkmarks, and three thank-you emojis.
    — Garrison Lovely, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Panels also featured decorations that included hearts, rainbows, sequins, a Star of David, a chef’s hat, a chorus line of dancers, teddy bears, and a panda.
    — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of hearts
Noun
  • And Widow’s Bay was, of course, very successful at alternating between scary and funny bits.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
  • In addition, they’re used in experiments searching for dark matter and in systems that read information from superconducting quantum bits, or qubits.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of bits
Noun
  • What has that been like knowing that there are kernels of somebody’s real story in this fictional story?
    — Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Sugar brings just the right sweetness, and corn kernels—fresh or frozen—ensure each bite is loaded with corn flavor.
    — Martha Stewart, Martha Stewart, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of kernels
Noun
  • Neutrinos bump into other particles only rarely, so scientists build large detectors to improve their odds of catching collisions.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Relativistic means travelling at speeds near that of light, with the blazar's central supermassive black hole as the engine that accelerated these particles.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of particles
Noun
  • And, for context on the deal, Best Buy recently restocked the M4 version of the Mac Mini with the same amount of storage (albeit with a less performant processor with fewer cores) for $799.
    — Cameron Faulkner, The Verge, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The flagship processor will have 28 cores, mixing eight performance cores, 16 efficiency cores, and four low-power cores.
    — Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 2 Oct. 2026
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“Nubbins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nubbins. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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