Nutshell
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈnʌt.ʃɛl/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Nutshell is a noun meaning The shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut.
Meaning
The shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut.
More Meanings
- A short book summarizing an area of law.
- (nautical) A small boat; a boat considered small in comparison to the seas.
- (transitive) To summarize (from the term in a nutshell).
Example Sentences
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.
[A]t last the fishing-line stood straight out behind, and the stone weights jumped along the tops of the billows, while the seas - notwithstanding the guiding hand of the pilot sought to avoid them - broke over our little nutshell, and sent the spray high above mast and sail.
Word Forms
- nutshells
- nutshelling
- nutshelled
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