"nutshell" meaning in English

See nutshell in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈnʌt.ʃɛl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-nutshell.wav Forms: nutshells [plural]
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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|notschelle}} Middle English notschelle, {{inh|en|ang|hnutsċiell}} Old English hnutsċiell, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*hnutskallju}} Proto-West Germanic *hnutskallju, {{com|en|nut|shell}} nut + shell, {{cog|stq|Nuteskele}} Saterland Frisian Nuteskele, {{cog|nl|notenschaal|t=nutshell}} Dutch notenschaal (“nutshell”), {{cog|de|Nussschale|t=nutshell}} German Nussschale (“nutshell”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} nutshell (plural nutshells)
  1. The shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut. Translations (the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut): closca de nou [feminine] (Catalan), 堅果殼 (Chinese Mandarin), 坚果壳 (jiānguǒ qiào, jiānguǒ ké) (Chinese Mandarin), nøddeskal [common-gender] (Danish), notendop [masculine] (Dutch), pähkinänkuori (Finnish), coque [feminine] (French), coquille [feminine] (French), casca de noz [feminine] (Galician), Nussschale [feminine] (German), dióhéj (Hungarian), kulit kacang (Indonesian), blaosc cnó [feminine] (Irish), guscio di noce (Italian), 木の実の殻 (kinomi no kara) (alt: きのみのから) (Japanese), naucum [neuter] (Latin), hnutsċiell [feminine] (Old English), casca de noz (Portuguese), оре́ховая скорлупа́ (oréxovaja skorlupá) [feminine] (Russian), cáscara de nuez [feminine] (Spanish), nötskal [neuter] (Swedish), шкаралупа горіха (škaralupa horixa) [feminine] (Ukrainian), plisgyn [North, masculine] (Welsh), masgl [South, masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-nutshell-en-noun-huI07qkG Disambiguation of 'the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut': 99 0 1
  2. A short book summarizing an area of law.
    Sense id: en-nutshell-en-noun-yjwyp-FV
  3. (nautical) A small boat; a boat considered small in comparison to the seas. Categories (topical): Nautical
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cashew nutshell liquid, in a nutshell

Verb

IPA: /ˈnʌt.ʃɛl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-nutshell.wav Forms: nutshells [present, singular, third-person], nutshelling [participle, present], nutshelled [participle, past], nutshelled [past]
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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|notschelle}} Middle English notschelle, {{inh|en|ang|hnutsċiell}} Old English hnutsċiell, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*hnutskallju}} Proto-West Germanic *hnutskallju, {{com|en|nut|shell}} nut + shell, {{cog|stq|Nuteskele}} Saterland Frisian Nuteskele, {{cog|nl|notenschaal|t=nutshell}} Dutch notenschaal (“nutshell”), {{cog|de|Nussschale|t=nutshell}} German Nussschale (“nutshell”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} nutshell (third-person singular simple present nutshells, present participle nutshelling, simple past and past participle nutshelled)
  1. (transitive) To summarize (from the term in a nutshell). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-nutshell-en-verb-mDvSdlsh

Inflected forms

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          "text": "For men be now tratlers and tellers of tales;\nWhat tidings at Totnam, what newis in Wales,\nWhat ſhippis are ſailing to Scalis Malis?\nAnd all is not worth a couple of nut ſhalis."
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        "(transitive) To summarize (from the term in a nutshell)."
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      "word": "cashew nutshell liquid"
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        "(nautical) A small boat; a boat considered small in comparison to the seas."
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      "sense": "the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut",
      "word": "坚果壳"
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      "sense": "the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut",
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      "sense": "the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut",
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      "word": "coquille"
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      "sense": "the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut",
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      "word": "casca de noz"
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      "sense": "the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut",
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      "word": "Nussschale"
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      "sense": "the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut",
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      "code": "id",
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      "sense": "the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut",
      "word": "kulit kacang"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "blaosc cnó"
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      "sense": "the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut",
      "word": "guscio di noce"
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      "alt": "きのみのから",
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kinomi no kara",
      "sense": "the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut",
      "word": "木の実の殻"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut",
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      "word": "naucum"
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      "sense": "the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut",
      "word": "casca de noz"
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      "sense": "the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut",
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      "word": "оре́ховая скорлупа́"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut",
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      "word": "cáscara de nuez"
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      "sense": "the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut",
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      "sense": "the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut",
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