Definition of kernel

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< kerne

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ker·nel    (kûrnl) KEY  

NOUN:

1. A grain or seed, as of a cereal grass, enclosed in a husk.
2. The inner, usually edible seed of a nut or fruit stone.
3. The most material and central part; the core: "that hard kernel of gaiety that never breaks" (Evelyn Waugh).

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old English cyrnel; see g-no- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
kerneled (Adjective)

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