a lump of something, as of precious metal.

a lump of native gold.

anything of great value, significance, or the like

nuggets of wisdom.

a bite-size piece of chicken, fish, etc., usually batter-fried.

Welding . (in a spot-weld) the metal fused.

Australian .

a powerful, heavy animal.

a strong, thickset man.

noun

ore asset , bullion , chunk , clod , clump , gold , hunk , ingot , mass , plum , rock , treasure , wad * , gob , hunch , wad , lump