nuc

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/njuːk//ɛn juː ˈsiː//nʌk/

noun

A nucleus colony; a small bee colony created from a larger colony.

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Meanings

nuc1

nounnuc (plural nucs)

plural nucs · alternative nuke

  1. agricultureA nucleus colony; a small bee colony created from a larger colony.

    I have to take brood from established hives to set up nucs, as I did the previous week[…]

    1998, Sue Hubbell, A Book of Bees: And How to Keep Them, page 110

NUC2

noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismaeronauticsInitialism of neutral unit of construction.
adjectiveNUC (not comparable)
  1. abbreviationinitialismnot comparablecomputingInitialism of not upwardly compatible.

Origin

Shortening.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with nuc

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Sounds the same

neuknuke

Anagrams

unccun
Cite this entry
APA

nuc. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nuc

MLA

“nuc.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nuc. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nuc,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nuc.

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