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Definition of 'kernel'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) kernel
the softer, usu. edible part contained in the shell of a nut or the stone of a fruit.

2. kernel
the body of a seed within its husk.

3. kernel
the central or most important part of anything; essence; core.

4. (v.t.) kernel
to enclose in or as if in a kernel.

Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME kirnel, OE cyrnel, dim. of corncorn¹)

Definition of 'kernel'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) kernel, meat
the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone
"black walnut kernels are difficult to get out of the shell"

2. (noun) kernel
a single whole grain of a cereal
"a kernel of corn"

3. (noun) kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
"the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"

Definition of 'kernel'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) kernel
the essential part of a seed; all that is within the seed walls; the edible substance contained in the shell of a nut; hence, anything included in a shell, husk, or integument; as, the kernel of a nut. See Illust. of Endocarp

2. (noun) kernel
a single seed or grain; as, a kernel of corn

3. (noun) kernel
a small mass around which other matter is concreted; a nucleus; a concretion or hard lump in the flesh

4. (noun) kernel
the central, substantial or essential part of anything; the gist; the core; as, the kernel of an argument

5. (verb) kernel
to harden or ripen into kernels; to produce kernels

Translation of 'kernel'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the softer substance inside the shell of a nut, or the stone of a fruit such as a plum, peach etc.
Afrikaans: pit	Arabic: نواة، حَبَّة، بِذْرَه	Bulgarian: ядка
Brazilian: miolo	Czech: jádro, pecka	German: der Kern
Danish: kerne	Greek: ψίχα (ξηρού καρπού), κουκ	Spanish: semilla, pepita, hueso
Estonian: tuum	Farsi: مغز؛ دانه	Finnish: sydän
French: amande	Hebrew: הַגֵלעִין	Hindi: गिरी, दाना
Croatian: jezgra	Hungarian: bél	Indonesian: biji
Icelandic: kjarni	Italian: nocciolo	Japanese: 仁
Korean: (과실의) 인(仁); (콩 등의) 꼬투리, 겉	Lithuanian: branduolys	Latvian: (rieksta) kodols; (augļa)
Malay: isi	Dutch: pit	Norwegian: kjerne; stein
Polish: jądro	Persian: مغز؛ دانه	Pashto: زړى يازڼى چه كلك خورولرى،
Portuguese: miolo	Romanian: sâmbure; miez	Russian: ядро
Slovak: jadro	Slovenian: jedro, koščica	Serbian: jezgro
Swedish: kärna	Thai: เนื้อในของลูกไม้เปลือกแข็	Turkish: çekirdek içi
Taiwanese: 果核	Ukrainian: ядро; кісточка	Urdu: میوے کی گری ، مغز
Vietnamese: hạt	Chinese: 果核
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