Little corn pieces
Niblets is a trademark for small kernels of corn cut from the cob, now used generically for any bite-sized pieces of corn: a can of niblets, niblets mixed into the salad.
The word sometimes extends playfully to other small morsels or bits of information: niblets of gossip.
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Little corn pieces
Niblets is a trademark for small kernels of corn cut from the cob, now used generically for any bite-sized pieces of corn: a can of niblets, niblets mixed into the salad.
The word sometimes extends playfully to other small morsels or bits of information: niblets of gossip.
1. corn — kernel, Seed or essential core; cob (Maize ear's central cylinder); sweetcorn (Tender maize variety); maize (Cob-bearing cereal crop); husk · ear · shucking · husking · buttered · creamed · frozen · canned · golden · yellow
CORN FORM/PREPARATIONniblets ≠ corn on the cob Whole kernel-covered ear; creamed corn · polenta · cornmeal
PORTION SIZEniblets ≠ whole Full and undivided; chunks · slabs · hunks
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Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/niblets