1
: a solid lump
especially
: a native lump of precious metal
2
: tidbit sense 2
nuggets of wisdom
3
: a small usually rounded piece of food
chicken nuggets
Examples of nugget in a Sentence
nuggets of beef in the chow mein
a seemingly inconsequential nugget of information that proved to be the key to cracking the case
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Finding the huge gold nugget Shinn struck gold almost 100 years after the first big nugget was found on John Reed’s land in 1799.
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Simone Jasper, Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2025
The 23-pound nugget was melted down and sold for $4,800, according to historians.
—Simone Jasper, Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2025
Today, a plaster cast of Shinn’s nugget is held in a safe at Reed Gold Mine, now a state historic site.
—Simone Jasper, Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2025
At surface level, these nuggets of familiarity can easily be categorized as fan service — there’s nothing more delightful than learning the backstory that drove the original series.
—Ashley Wolfgang, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025
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Simone Jasper, Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2025
The 23-pound nugget was melted down and sold for $4,800, according to historians.
—Simone Jasper, Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2025
Today, a plaster cast of Shinn’s nugget is held in a safe at Reed Gold Mine, now a state historic site.
—Simone Jasper, Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2025
At surface level, these nuggets of familiarity can easily be categorized as fan service — there’s nothing more delightful than learning the backstory that drove the original series.
—Ashley Wolfgang, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for nugget
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“Nugget.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nugget. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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nugget
noun
nug·get
ˈnəg-ət 
: a solid lump especially of precious metal
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