Associations to the word «Nodule»

Wiktionary

NODULE, noun. A rounded mass or irregular shape; a little knot or lump.

Dictionary definition

NODULE, noun. A small node.
NODULE, noun. Small rounded wartlike protuberance on a plant.
NODULE, noun. (mineralogy) a small rounded lump of mineral substance (usually harder than the surrounding rock or sediment).

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.