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Webster 1913 Edition
Nutshell
Nut′shellˊ
,Noun.
1.
The shell or hard external covering in which the kernel of a nut is inclosed.
2.
Hence, a thing of little compass, or of little value.
3.
(Zool.)
A shell of the genus Nucula.
Definition 2024
nutshell
nutshell
English
Noun
nutshell (plural nutshells)
Derived terms
Translations
the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut
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Verb
nutshell (third-person singular simple present nutshells, present participle nutshelling, simple past and past participle nutshelled)
- (transitive) To summarize (from the term in a nutshell).