NUGGET

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A solid lump of a precious metal (especially gold) as found in the earth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("nugget" is a kind of...):

hunk; lump (a large piece of something without definite shape)

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