Antonyms for kernel

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kur-nl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɜr nl

Definition of kernel

Origin : Old English cyrnel "seed, kernel, pip," from Proto-Germanic *kurnilo- (cf. Middle High German kornel, Middle Dutch cornel), from the root of corn "seed, grain" (see corn (n.1)) + -el, diminutive suffix. Figurative sense of "core or central part of anything" is from 1550s.

noun seed, essence

Example sentences :

Its kernel is very bitter, and it is said to be a specific against fevers.
Extract from : « The History of Louisiana » by Le Page Du Pratz

Mark strangled over a kernel of corn and stared, teary-eyed, at Billy.
Extract from : « Janet of the Dunes » by Harriet T. Comstock

It is that kernel of personality which inclines him in this direction or that.
Extract from : « Personality in Literature » by Rolfe Arnold Scott-James

Without that discipline they would have been a shell without a kernel.
Extract from : « History of the Moravian Church » by J. E. Hutton

Other experiments show that the Praeparturien shell and kernel are about equal.
Extract from : « Walnut Growing in Oregon » by Various

If the kernel is withered, no marriage at all is prophesied.
Extract from : « The Book of Hallowe'en » by Ruth Edna Kelley

Cerneaux, which are the kernel of green walnuts, were just coming into season.
Extract from : « A Trip to Paris in July and August 1792 » by Richard Twiss

This is the kernel of all that is most retrograde in Mr. Carlyle's teaching.
Extract from : « Critical Miscellanies, Vol. I » by John Morley

There is a kernel inside the shell, if only we have the teeth to crack it.
Extract from : « Broken Bread » by Thomas Champness

Whatever else the Gospel is, that is the kernel and the basis of it all.
Extract from : « Expositions of Holy Scripture » by Alexander Maclaren

Synonyms for kernel

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