About The Word Nutshell
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Nutshell
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What's The Definition Of Nutshell?
[n] the shell around the kernel of a nut
Synonyms | Synonyms for Nutshell: Related Terms | Find terms related to Nutshell: abridge | ace | atom | bit | brief | capsule | capsulize | condense | dab | digest | dole | dot | dram | dribble | driblet | dwarf | farthing | fleck | flyspeck | fragment | gobbet | grain | granule | groat | hair | handful | inventory | iota | jot | little | little bit | minim | minimum | minutiae | mite | modicum | molecule | mote | ounce | outline | particle | pebble | pinch | pittance | point | scruple | shorten | sketch | sketch out | smidgen | smitch | speck | spoonful | spot | sum | sum up | summarize | summate | synopsize | thimbleful | tiny bit | tittle | trifling amount | trivia | whit See Also | shell 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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