nutshell

Speech parts

1. nutshell - Noun

2. nutshell - Verb

Meaning

The shell or hard external covering in which the kernel of a nut is inclosed.

Hence, a thing of little compass, or of little value.

A shell of the genus Nucula.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

acorn filbert atom analysis ace whit reduce break contract bit brief sum shell abstract briefly
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Antonyms

fact particular increase specific feature unit
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Hypernyms

shell

Phrases with the word

in a nutshell

Examples

I'll give you my opinion of the human race in a nutshell... their heart's in the right place, but their head is a thoroughly inefficient organ. W. Somerset Maugham

Any philosophy that can be put in a nutshell belongs there. Sydney J. Harris

To be absolutely honest, what I feel really bad about is that I don't feel worse. There's the ineffectual liberal's problem in a nutshell. Michael Frayn

[Footnote:] To give the Beaver his due, he does things because he has to do them, not because he believes that hard work per se will somehow make him a better Beaver -- the Beaver may be dumb, but he is not that dumb! The Beaver was made to gnaw, and gnaw he does. There you have him in a nutshell. Will Cuppy

You can't become a decent horseman until you fall off and get up again, a good number of times. There's life in a nutshell. Bear Grylls

I played a little basketball, but basketball interfered with theater season. That's when we did our term plays and did nutshell versions of Shakespeare for English classes. And, believe me, I got a fair amount of looks from the guys on the team. 'You're in theater but you can play football?' Dennis Haysbert

Close letter words and terms

nuts for nutsack nutsedge nutshot nutsiness nutso