Meaning

3 senses

  1. The shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut.

    Nussschale

    оре́ховая скорлупа́oréxovaja skorlupá

    шкаралупа горіхаškaralupa horixa

    the shell around the kernel of a nut

  2. A short book summarizing an area of law.

  3. A small boat; a boat considered small in comparison to the seas.

Examples

15 sentences

  1. The universe in a nutshell: I am consciousness.

    Всесвіт - коротко: я є свідомість.

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  2. Here's the story in a nutshell.

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  3. Explain it to me in a nutshell.

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  4. This is our new project in a nutshell.

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  5. Here's the story in a nutshell, said the squirrel.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut:
Русский
By meaning 1
the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut:

Origin

From Middle English notschelle, from Old English hnutsċiell, from Proto-West Germanic *hnu

From Middle English notschelle, from Old English hnutsċiell, from Proto-West Germanic *hnutskallju, equivalent to nut + shell. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Nuteskele, Nuteskil (“nutshell”), Dutch notenschaal (“nutshell”), German Nussschale (“nutshell”).

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Forms

plural: nutshells
Singularnutshell
Pluralnutshells

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
nutritiousB1nutsnutternuttynuzzle
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