You can make 42 words from kernel according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
Definitions and meaning of kernel
kernel
Etymology
From Middle Englishkernel, kirnel, kürnel, from Old Englishcyrnel, from Proto-West Germanic*kurnil, diminutive of Proto-Germanic*kurną(“seed, grain, corn”), equivalent to corn + -le. Cognate with Yiddishקערנדל(kerndl), Middle Dutchkernel, cornel, Middle High Germankornel. Related also to Old Norsekjarni(“kernel”).
Pronunciation
(UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɜːnəl/
(US) IPA(key): /ˈkɝnəl/
Homophone: colonel
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nəl
Noun
kernel (pluralkernels)
The core, center, or essence of an object or system.
Synonyms:crux, gist
(botany) The central (usually edible) part of a nut, especially once the hard shell has been removed.
(botany) A single seed or grain, especially of corn or wheat.
(botany, US) The stone of certain fruits, such as peaches or plums.
A small mass around which other matter is concreted; a nucleus; a concretion or hard lump in the flesh.
(computing) The central part of many computer operating systems which manages the system's resources and the communication between hardware and software components.
Antonym:userland
Hyponyms:microkernel, unikernel
(computing) The core engine of any complex software system.
(programming) The simplified input to an algorithm that has undergone kernelization.
(calculus) A function used to define an integral transform.
(mathematics) A set of pairs of a mapping's domain which are mapped to the same value.
(mathematics, linear algebra, group theory, functional analysis) For a given function (especially a linear transformation between vector spaces or homomorphism between groups), the set of elements in the domain which are mapped to zero; (formally) given f : X → Y, the set {x ∈ X : f(x) = 0}.
Antonym:support
Meronyms:root, zero
(mathematics, category theory)For a category with zero morphisms: the equalizer of a given morphism and the zero morphism which is parallel to that given morphism.
(mathematics, fuzzy set theory) The set of members of a fuzzy set that are fully included (i.e., whose grade of membership is 1).
(slang) The human clitoris.
(chemistry) The nucleus and electrons of an atom excluding its valence electrons.
Synonyms
(core or essence): See also Thesaurus:gist
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
kernel (third-person singular simple presentkernels, present participle(US)kernelingor(UK)kernelling, simple past and past participle(US)kerneledor(UK)kernelled)
To enclose within a kernel
To crenellate
Anagrams
kleren
Hungarian
Etymology
From Englishkernel.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈkɛrnɛl]
Hyphenation: ker‧nel
Rhymes: -ɛl
Noun
kernel (pluralkernelek)
(computing) kernel (the central part of many computer operating systems)