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Nutshell

Nutshell Meaning & Definition
Nutshell Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Nutshell?

[n] the shell around the kernel of a nut

Synonyms | Synonyms for Nutshell:

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Nutshell In Webster's Dictionary

\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["o]l.) A shell of the genus Nucula. {To} {be, or 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.

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