Single corn piece
A niblet is a small piece or bit of something, especially a kernel of corn.
The word appears most often in the plural, referring to corn kernels cut from the cob: a can of whole kernel niblets.
More generally, niblet can mean any small morsel or tidbit: niblets of information.
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Single corn piece
A niblet is a small piece or bit of something, especially a kernel of corn.
The word appears most often in the plural, referring to corn kernels cut from the cob: a can of whole kernel niblets.
More generally, niblet can mean any small morsel or tidbit: niblets of information.
1. corn — kernel, Seed or essential core; cob (Maize ear's central cylinder); sweetcorn (Tender maize variety); maize (Cob-bearing cereal crop); husk · ear · shuck · tassel · silks · canned · frozen · buttered · creamed · succotash
2. morsel — tidbit, Small choice portion; bit (Small amount or portion); bite (Pierce with teeth); mouthful (Quantity you can chew); piece · small · tiny · dainty · fragment · chunk · dollop · portion · snack · treat
SIZE/PORTIONniblet ≠ heap Jumbled collection of items; mound · mass · bulk · abundance · feast
WHOLENESS (specifically for corn)niblet ≠ ear of corn; corn on the cob · cob · corncob · whole
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Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/niblet