nutshell

English

Etymology

nut +‎ shell

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnʌtʃel/

Noun

nutshell (plural nutshells)

1. The shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut.
2. A short book summarizing an area of law.

Derived terms

• in a nutshell

Translations

the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 堅果殼／坚果壳 (zh), 坚果壳 (zh) (jiānguǒ qiào, jiānguǒ ké)

• Danish: nøddeskal c
• Finnish: pähkinänkuori
• French: coque de noyau f
• German: Nussschale (de) f
• Indonesian: kulit kacang
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• Irish: blaosc cnó f
• Japanese: 木の実の殻 (きのみのから, kinomi no kara)
• Latin: naucum n
• Portuguese: casca de noz
• Russian: оре́ховая скорлупа́ f (oréxovaja skorlupá)
• Swedish: nötskal (sv) n

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).