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Webster 1913 Edition


Nutshell

Nut′shellˊ

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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)

  1. The shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut.
  2. A short book summarizing an area of law.

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Verb

nutshell (third-person singular simple present nutshells, present participle nutshelling, simple past and past participle nutshelled)

  1. (transitive) To summarize (from the term in a nutshell).