The trunk is attached to the root. A log is the body of the tree cut down, without boughs: having bark and rind, pith and heart.
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Pith
//pɪθ//
Synonyms for "pith" (247 found)
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Closest matches (50)
Noun(18 words)
Strong matches (74)
Noun(7 words)
dead centerdenotationdental pulpdepthdistillatedistillationdrifteffectelixirepicenteressenceessentialessential matteressentialityextensionfabricflowerfocal pointfocusforce
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fortitudefulcrumfundamentalgamenessgistgrammatical meaninggravamengravitygreat pointgritgutsgutsinessguttinessheartheart of oakhigh pointhubhypostasisideaimpactimplicationimportimportanceimportant thinginner essenceintensionintestinal fortitudeissuejuicekeystonelandmarklexical meaningliteral meaningmagnitudemain pointmain thingmarrowmashmaterialmaterial pointmattermeaningmeaningfulnessmeatmediummedullametacenter
Related words (123)
mettlemettlesomenessmiddlemilestonemomentmomentousnessmoxiemushname of the gamenavenavelnervenitty grittynubnucleusnuts and boltsomphalosovertonepaper pulppaste
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pertinencepivotplasterpluckpluckinesspointporridgepostulatepoulticepractical consequenceprinciplepuddingpulppulp leadpulpwoodpurportquickquidquiddityquintessencequintessentialrag pulprange of meaningreal issuereal meaningrecaprecapitulationreferencereferentrelationrelevanceresumerock bottomrootrun throughrun-throughrundownsalient pointsapsaucescopesemantic clustersemantic fieldsenseshortsignificancesignificationsignificatumsignifiesine qua nonsmashsoulspan of meaningspiritspongespunkspunkinesssquashstaminastorm centerstout heartstrengthstructural meaningstuffsubstancesubstantive pointsulfate pulpsulfite pulpsumsum and substancesummarysummationsymbolic meaningtenorthe bottom linethe nitty-grittythe pointthrusttotality of associationstoughnesstransferred meaningtrue gritturning pointumbilicusunadorned meaningundertoneupshotvaluevigorvirtualityweightweightinesswhite leadwood pulp
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18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
Translations
98 translations across 38 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- نُخَاع noun (soft, spongy substance inside plant parts)
Basque
1 entries- bihotz noun (soft, spongy substance inside plant parts)
Bulgarian
1 entries- сърцевина noun (soft, spongy substance inside plant parts)
Catalan
2 entries- medul·la noun (soft, spongy substance inside plant parts)
- medul·la vegetal noun (soft, spongy substance inside plant parts)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 髓 noun (soft, spongy substance inside plant parts)
Czech
3 entries- dřeň noun (soft, spongy substance inside plant parts)
- jádro věci noun (essential or vital part of something — see also essence)
- podstata noun (essential or vital part of something — see also essence)
Danish
1 entries- marv noun (soft, spongy substance inside plant parts)
Dutch
2 entries- kern noun (essential or vital part of something — see also essence)
- merg noun (soft, spongy substance inside plant parts)
Esperanto
1 entries- medolo noun (soft, spongy substance inside plant parts)
Estonian
1 entries- säsi noun (soft, spongy substance inside plant parts)
Finnish
4 entries- pii:s adj (ordinal form of the number pi)
- isku noun (energy, force, or power of speech or writing; such force or power due to conciseness — see also punch)
- piin vastaluku noun (one divided by pi)
- sisus noun (soft inner portion of a loaf of bread)
French
4 entries- pi-ième adj (ordinal form of the number pi)
- piième adj (ordinal form of the number pi)
- π-ième adj (ordinal form of the number pi)
- πième adj (ordinal form of the number pi)
Galician
4 entries- arro noun (soft, spongy substance inside plant parts)
- cerne noun (essential or vital part of something — see also essence)
- medula noun (soft, spongy substance inside plant parts)
- miolo noun (soft, spongy substance inside plant parts)
German
1 entries- Mark noun (soft, spongy substance inside plant parts)
Greek
4 entries- καρδιά noun (essential or vital part of something — see also essence)
- μεδούλι noun (essential or vital part of something — see also essence)
- πυρήνας noun (essential or vital part of something — see also essence)
- ψίχα noun (soft, spongy substance inside plant parts)
Hebrew
1 entries- מהות noun (essential or vital part of something — see also essence)
Hindi
1 entries- मज्जा noun (soft, spongy substance inside plant parts)
Indonesian
1 entries- empulur noun (soft, spongy substance inside plant parts)
Irish
3 entries- garr noun (soft, spongy substance inside plant parts)
- laíon noun (soft, spongy substance inside plant parts)
- meideall noun (soft, spongy substance inside plant parts)
Italian
2 entries- midollino noun (soft, spongy substance inside plant parts)
- midollo noun (soft, spongy substance inside plant parts)
Japanese
1 entries- 髄 noun (soft, spongy substance inside plant parts)
Kashubian
1 entries- dërżéń pnia noun (soft, spongy substance inside plant parts)
Korean
1 entries- 귤락 noun (soft, spongy substance inside plant parts)
Lingala
1 entries- libúbú noun (soft, spongy substance inside plant parts)
Macedonian
3 entries- срж noun (essential or vital part of something — see also essence)
- срце́вина noun (soft, spongy substance inside plant parts)
- су́штина noun (essential or vital part of something — see also essence)
Malay
1 entries- ruyung noun (soft, spongy substance inside plant parts)
Middle English
3 entries- pith noun (soft, spongy substance inside plant parts)
- pith noun (spongy interior substance of a horn or the shaft of a feather)
- pith noun (essential or vital part of something — see also essence)
Norwegian
1 entries- marg noun (soft, spongy substance inside plant parts)
Polish
2 entries- medula noun (soft, spongy substance inside plant parts)
- miękisz noun (soft, spongy substance inside plant parts)
Portuguese
2 entries- medula noun (soft, spongy substance inside plant parts)
- miolo noun (soft inner portion of a loaf of bread)
Romanian
4 entries- esență noun (essential or vital part of something — see also essence)
- miez noun (soft, spongy substance inside plant parts)
- miez noun (essential or vital part of something — see also essence)
- măduvă noun (soft, spongy substance inside plant parts)
Russian
3 entries- мякиш noun (soft inner portion of a loaf of bread)
- сердцеви́на noun (soft, spongy substance inside plant parts)
- суть noun (essential or vital part of something — see also essence)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- brìgh noun (soft, spongy substance inside plant parts)
- brìgh noun (essential or vital part of something — see also essence)
Slovene
2 entries- osrednji stržen noun (soft, spongy substance inside plant parts)
- stržen noun (soft, spongy substance inside plant parts)
Spanish
4 entries- medula noun (soft, spongy substance inside plant parts)
- medula noun (essential or vital part of something — see also essence)
- meollo noun (essential or vital part of something — see also essence)
- médula noun (soft, spongy substance inside plant parts)
Swedish
3 entries- flädermärg noun (soft, spongy substance inside plant parts)
- kärna noun (essential or vital part of something — see also essence)
- märg noun (soft, spongy substance inside plant parts)
Tagalog
2 entries- halyas noun (soft, spongy substance inside plant parts)
- ubod noun (soft, spongy substance inside plant parts)
Telugu
1 entries- దవ్వ noun (soft, spongy substance inside plant parts)
Sample sentences
33 total sentences available.
Tom is such a picky eater that he'll diligently pick the stringy pith from an orange before eating it.
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The pith of an orange is rather bitter.
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He was wearing his usual uniform of safari-style khakis, a pith helmet on his head and a holstered spade hanging from his belt.
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