nutshell

[Nut·shell`]

The hard, protective covering of a nut is called a nutshell. If you hear someone say "in a nutshell," they are most likely summing something up in a few words.

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The shell or hard external covering in which the kernel of a nut is inclosed.

Noun
the shell around the kernel of a nut


n.
The shell or hard external covering in which the kernel of a nut is inclosed.

n.
Hence, a thing of little compass, or of little value.

n.
A shell of the genus Nucula.


Nutshell

Nut"shell` , n. 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. (Zo'94l.) A shell of the genus Nucula. To be, ∨ lie, in a nutshell, to be within a small compass; to admit of very brief or simple determination or statement. "The remedy lay in a nutshell." Macaulay.

The shell or hard external covering in which the kernel of a nut is inclosed.

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