nugget

1. (countable) A small, compact chunk or clump.Examples: "a gold nugget"; "Rough men brought pickle bottles full of nuggets. Mysterious dirty-looking calico bags were opened, disclosing small quantities of water-worn flaky gold, which had been washed out of the beds of rivers with a cradle."countable

2. (countable) A chicken nugget.Examples: "By now, we hope you have said “no” to processed nuggets and fingers. Instead, how about taking some real chicken, tossing it with real eggs, a little tangy mustard, and a crunchy quinoa coating?"countable

3. (countable) A tidbit of something valuable.Examples: "a nugget of wisdom"; "a nugget of truth"; "As he has in superb works like “The Source” (based on the Afghanistan war logs leaked by Chelsea Manning) and “Sound From the Bench” (which set excerpts from Supreme Court proceedings), Hearne takes these found-text nuggets and gives them music that moves from lushly meditative to frenetic and obsessively repetitive […]"countable

4. (countable) A small piece of tasty food, a tidbit.countable

5. (uncountable) A type of boot polish.uncountable

6. (countable) A bud from the Cannabis sativa plant, especially one that is potent.countable