Sekirov Dictionary

nutshell

/ˈnʌt.ʃɛl/

noun 3
verb 1
forms 3
phrases 1

noun3

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The shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut.
- For men be now tratlers and tellers of tales; What tidings at Totnam, what newis in Wales, What shippis are sailing to Scalis Malis? And all is not worth a couple of nut shalis. — 1515
A short book summarizing an area of law.
A small boat; a boat considered small in comparison to the seas.

verb1

To summarize (from the term in a nutshell).

forms

nutshelled · nutshelling · nutshells

Phrases with nutshell

in a nutshell
In summary; briefly or simply.

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