Nut-head
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Nut-head is a noun meaning The outer portion of a nut (as opposed to the threads inside).
Meaning
The outer portion of a nut (as opposed to the threads inside).
More Meanings
- A head (for a doll, puppet, etc.) made out of a nut.
- Various species of weed found in New South Wales, Australia, including Epaltes australis and Epaltes cunninghamii
- Alternative form of nuthead.
Example Sentences
In such a device the riveting may be effected with proper riveting-tools, and the nut-head afterward screwed on.
The rails are bolted to these (the nut-heads being filed off if necessary), and the line thus forms a continuous whole.
Although dense stands of tall nut-heads are sometimes present after flooding, the plant more commonly occurs as scattered individuals.
Speaking of nut-heads reminds me of the shrunken head trophies which head-hunters sell as souvenirs in the interior of Ecuador and of a specimen I later saw in La Paz.
Word Forms
- nut-heads
- nuthead
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include nailhead, head, snaphead, thumbnut, wingnut, nutling.
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