Nugget

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nugget \Nug"get\, n. [Earlier niggot, prob. for nigot, an ingot.
     See {Ingot}.]
     1. A lump; a mass, esp. a native lump of a precious metal;
        as, a nugget of gold.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. Something of value, usually found among many other less
        valuable things; -- often used figuratively; as, a nugget
        of useful information in a sea of data.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nugget
       n : a solid lump of a precious metal (especially gold) as found
           in the earth

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "nugget":
     bar, batch, block, bulk, bullion, chunk, clod, clump, coin gold,
     coin silver, copper, gob, gold, gold nugget, hunch, hunk, ingot,
     loaf, lump, mass, nickel, pat, precious metals, quantity, silver,
     wad, yellow stuff