[noun] [C] - a small roughly shaped lump, esp. of goldYou can still find gold nuggets in the Alaskan rivers.A chicken or fish nugget is a small piece of it that has been covered in breadcrumbs and fried.She won't eat anything except chicken nuggets and chips.(esp. humorous) A nugget is also something that a person has said or written that is very wise, informative or true.The book contains nuggets like "All you need is love".Have you got any other astonishing nuggets of wisdom/information for us?
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Meaning of NUGGET in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012