Meaning & use
kernel
The softer, often edible part inside the shell of a nut or the husk of a seed.
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She picked out each popcorn kernel that hadn't fully popped.
There was a kernel of truth buried inside his exaggerated story.
A note on using this word
Figuratively used for the essential, central part of an idea, as in 'a kernel of truth,' distinct from its literal botanical sense.
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