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nurdles

nurdles is the plural of nurdle.

Meaning of nurdle

Noun

nurdle (plural nurdles)

  1. Such a shot.
  2. A cylindrical pre-production plastic pellet used in manufacturing and packaging.
    • Puffins on the Isle of May are nibbling on nurdles, the little nuggets that serve as raw materials for plastics manufacturing.2015 March 27, Amanda Schupak, “Plastic pellets found in puffin tummies”, in CBS News
  3. A blob of toothpaste shaped like a wave, often depicted on toothpaste packaging.
    • Each company is seeking the right to depict, and to stop the other from depicting, a “nurdle,” a wave-shaped toothpaste blob that sits on a toothbrush head.2010 July 29, Jonathan Stempel, “Colgate, Glaxo sue over toothpaste "nurdle"”, in Reuters

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Questions about nurdles

What is nurdles the plural of?
Nurdles is the plural of nurdle.

Words near nurdles in the dictionary

  1. Nurchens
  2. Nurcoung
  3. nurd
  4. nurdle
  5. nurdled
  6. nurdles
  7. nurdling
  8. nurds
  9. nurdy
  10. nure-onna
  11. Nurembega

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