A nugget is a small lump of something, especially gold.
...pure high-grade gold nuggets.
...a small nugget of butter. [+ of]
2. countable noun [usually NOUNof noun]
A nuggetof information is an interesting or useful piece of information.
He had felt on the telephone that Jordan had a little nugget of information tuckedaway somewhere.
More Synonyms of nugget
nugget in British English
(ˈnʌɡɪt)
noun
1.
a small piece or lump, esp of gold in its natural state
2.
something small but valuable or excellent
Word origin
C19: origin unknown
Nugget in British English
(ˈnʌɡɪt) New Zealand
noun
1. trademark
shoe polish
verb
2. (tr; sometimes not capital) informal
to shine (shoes)
nugget in American English
(ˈnʌgət)
noun
a lump; esp., a lump of native gold
Word origin
prob. dim. of E dial. nug, a lump
Examples of 'nugget' in a sentence
nugget
The next day, they had chicken nuggets and chips.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Then you will be enjoying these little nuggets of joy as a prelude to summer's bounty.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
So if I learn how to play my music through my car stereo, another nugget of information must be erased from the memory banks.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
The buyer sampled the oats and three small nuggets of glass were found.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
We must not miss out on this little nugget.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
You must find five or more gold nuggets to qualify for a cash prize.
The Sun (2008)
Take a small nugget and hold it in the mouth until it dissolves.
Martlew, Gillian & Silver, Shelley Stay Well This Winter (1989)
These little nuggets of history add spice to the series.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
But this denies the public small nuggets of good news that we need.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
HERE'S a little nugget of information for you.
The Sun (2013)
We gave them a little nugget and they took it and ran with it in their own direction.
The Sun (2008)
Each square you drill counts as one of your ten attempts to find a gold nugget or a treasure chest.
The Sun (2008)
There are nuggets of fresh information.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Gold medals and golden chicken nuggets.
The Sun (2010)
She has dropped tantalising nuggets of information, but these are vague and rare.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The mentality that now promotes the cloning of farm animals is no different from the one that championed factory farming and chicken nuggets.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
These gold nuggets don't come along very often.
The Sun (2015)
There are undoubtedly some nuggets of property gold, cheap and ready to be loved.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Despite one or two quirky nuggets of information and a few colourful characters, it is still pretty disgusting to watch.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He was a highly intelligent commercial lawyer and then judge who suddenly found himself having to grind out fact after fact from nuggets of information painstakingly.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Most people find only tiny flecks, but there's the chance of finding small nuggets.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Chinese translation of 'nugget'
nugget
(ˈnʌɡɪt)
n(c)
[of gold]小块(塊) (xiǎokuài)
(Culin) 碎块(塊) (suìkuài)
[of information]有价(價)值的东(東)西 (yǒu jiàzhí de dōngxi)
Nearby words of
nugget
nudge
nudist
nudity
nugget
nuisance
numb
number
(noun)
Definition
a small lump of gold in its natural state
Miners sifting gravel from the Yukon River in search of gold nuggets
Synonyms
lump
a lump of wood
piece
a piece of wood
Another piece of cake?
mass
Cut it up before it cools and sets into a solid mass.
chunk
Cut the melon into chunks.
clump
There was a clump of trees bordering the side of the road.
hunk
a thick hunk of bread
Additional synonyms
in the sense of chunk
Definition
a thick solid piece of something
Cut the melon into chunks.
Synonyms
piece,
block,
mass,
portion,
lump,
slab,
hunk,
nugget,
wad,
dollop (informal),
wodge (British, informal)
in the sense of clump
Definition
a small group of things or people together
There was a clump of trees bordering the side of the road.
Synonyms
cluster,
group,
mass,
bunch,
bundle,
shock
in the sense of hunk
Definition
a large piece
a thick hunk of bread
Synonyms
lump,
piece,
chunk,
block,
mass,
wedge,
slab,
nugget,
wodge (British, informal),
gobbet
Nearby words of
nugget
nudge
nudity
nugatory
nugget
nuisance
null
null and void
Synonyms of 'nugget'
nugget
Explore 'nugget' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of mass
Definition
a large body of something without a definite shape
Cut it up before it cools and sets into a solid mass.