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Definition of Nutshell
1. Noun. The shell around the kernel of a nut.
Definition of Nutshell
1. n. The shell or hard external covering in which the kernel of a nut is inclosed.
Definition of Nutshell
1. Noun. The shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut. ¹
2. Noun. A short book summarizing an area of law. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To summarize (from the term (term in a nutshell)). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nutshell
1. the shell of a nut [n -S]
Medical Definition of Nutshell
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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.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Nutshell
Literary usage of Nutshell
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of Charles Dickens by John Forster (1874)
"... and The case in a nutshell. * This renders it worth preservation in a note.
He called it 'THE CASE IN A nutshell. ' 1. ..."
2. A Parody Anthology by Carolyn Wells (1904)
"THE HIGHER PANTHEISM IN A nutshell 0 NE, who is not, we see: but one, whom we
see not, is ; Surely this is not that: but that is assuredly this. ..."
3. Our Wild Indians: Thirty-three Years Personal Experience Among the Red Men by Richard Irving Dodge (1884)
"... Hands of Curiosity-hunters — Excited Hopes — Provoking Revelations — Fac Simile
of the Calendar — Seventy Years in a nutshell — Tell-tale Hieroglyphics ..."
4. From Alien to Citizen: The Story of My Life in America by Edward Alfred Steiner (1914)
"... nutshell " ONE can always locate the steerage without a chart, and there is
no problem about finding one's cabin or berth, no anxiety as to deck chairs, ..."
5. Essays and Reviews Chiefly on Theology, Politics, and Socialism by Orestes Augustus Brownson (1887)
"PROTESTANTISM IN A nutshell.* OCTOBER, 1849. WE have seen few works written with
a more just appreciation of our age than the one before us, ..."
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