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nub [nʌb] N

1. nub (crux):

nub

the nub of the matter

der springende Punkt

2. nub (bump):

nub

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

the nub of the matter

der springende Punkt

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

This was the nub of his critique of democracy. en.wikipedia.org

He does preliminary undersketches with a lead holder, because he feels regular pencils get worn down to the nub too quickly. en.wikipedia.org

The nub of the case was whether the overall arrangements and inducements went too far in distorting the market. en.wikipedia.org

Those styles of writing and their derivatives in type design had a cross-bar at the height of the nub for letters "f" and "t", as well as for "k". en.wikipedia.org

A small rubber nub protrudes into the top of the barrel through a small hole, and it catches the top of the pellet as it flies past. en.wikipedia.org

Factory vehicles often come with plain rubber nubs to absorb the worst of the forces, and insulate the shock. en.wikipedia.org

His pencil is returned the next day, worn down to a nub. en.wikipedia.org

And this is the nub of the problem. en.wikipedia.org

The shells tend to be club-shaped, tapering at both ends to a rounded nub. en.wikipedia.org

The base has a nub to hold the record in place. en.wikipedia.org

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