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How to sign: 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";
Similiar / Same: essence, heart and soul, inwardness, nitty-gritty, gist, pith, substance, meat, nub, core, sum, center, heart, marrow
Categories: cognitive content, content, mental object
Within this category: bare bones, hypostasis, quiddity, quintessence, stuff
How to sign: a computer program at the core of a computer's operating system and generally has complete control over everything in the system
How to sign: a single whole grain of a cereal
"a kernel of corn";
Within this category: corn