noun
Meaning 1
The shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
nutshell
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈnʌt.ʃɛl/
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noun
Meaning 2
A short book summarizing an area of law.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A small boat; a boat considered small in comparison to the seas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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verb
Meaning 4
To summarize (from the term in a nutshell).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
Meaning 5
the shell around the kernel of a nut
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: shell
History
Etymology
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”).
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: closca de nou — the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut
- Chinese Mandarin: 堅果殼 /坚果壳 (jiānguǒ qiào, jiānguǒ ké) — the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut
- Danish: nøddeskal — the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut
- Dutch: notendop — the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut
- Finnish: pähkinänkuori — the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut
- French: coque — the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut
- French: coquille — the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut
- Galician: casca de noz — the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut
- German: Nussschale — the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut
- Hungarian: dióhéj — the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut
- Indonesian: kulit kacang — the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut
- Irish: blaosc cnó — the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut
- Italian: guscio di noce — the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut
- Japanese: 木の実の殻 (kinomi no kara) — the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut
- Latin: naucum — the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut
- Old English: hnutsċiell — the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut
- Portuguese: casca de noz — the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut
- Russian: оре́ховая скорлупа́ (oréxovaja skorlupá) — the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut
- Spanish: cáscara de nuez — the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut
- Swedish: nötskal — the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut
- Ukrainian: шкаралупа горіха (škaralupa horixa) — the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut
- Welsh: plisg — the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut
- Welsh: masgl — the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut