- pronunciation:
- kuhr
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- features:
- Homophone Note
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
A kernel is one small grain of wheat, corn, or other similar plant. If you make popcorn at home, you start with the dried kernels of corn. You heat the kernels until they pop open.
The chickens pecked at the hard kernels of corn scattered on the ground.- similar words:
- germ
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| related words: |
body, core, grain, heart, nucleus, pit |
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colonel (a military officer)?
Kernel and
colonel sound alike but have different meanings.