nuts
noun (plural of nut: a nut, nuts); adjective (nuts, informal)
Everyday
- Nuts are hard-shelled fruits or seeds of some trees and plants, like walnuts, hazelnuts and almonds; many can be eaten. tree →
- Nuts are small metal pieces with a hole in the middle that screw onto bolts to hold things together. tree →
- Nuts (informal) means crazy or silly: That idea is nuts! tree →
- Nuts about something (informal) means liking it very much: nuts about football. tree →
In the lessons
In health and safety lessons: some people have a serious nut allergy, so many schools are nut-free; never share food with someone who has an allergy, and know they may carry an EpiPen. In science: squirrels bury nuts to eat in winter. In design and technology: nuts and bolts. Phrases: nut allergy, nut-free, nuts and bolts (the basic details), go nuts, nuts about.
Examples
- Squirrels hide nuts for the winter. tree →
- Our school is nut-free because of allergies. tree →
- She is allergic to nuts. tree →
- Tighten the nuts on the bike wheel. tree →
- Almonds and hazelnuts are nuts. tree →
- He is nuts about dinosaurs. tree →
- The crowd went nuts when we scored. tree →
- Crack the nuts with a nutcracker. tree →
- These wishing nuts, after all, had proved true fortune-tellers. tree →
Note
Singular: a nut. Trap: peanuts are not true nuts but legumes (like peas), and coconuts are not true nuts either, but they are still called nuts. Calling a person «nuts» is informal and can be unkind. Maths: «3 bags of 12 nuts» = 36 nuts.
In Jewish tradition
In health and safety lessons: some people have a serious nut allergy, so many schools are nut-free; never share food with someone who has an allergy, and know they may carry an EpiPen. In science: squirrels bury nuts to eat in winter. In design and technology: nuts and bolts. Phrases: nut allergy, nut-free, nuts and bolts (the basic details), go nuts, nuts about.
Examples
- I went down into the garden of nuts, to look at the green plants of the valley, to see whether the vine budded, and the pomegranates were in flower. (Writings SNG.6.11, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
Singular: a nut. Trap: peanuts are not true nuts but legumes (like peas), and coconuts are not true nuts either, but they are still called nuts. Calling a person «nuts» is informal and can be unkind. Maths: «3 bags of 12 nuts» = 36 nuts.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «nuts» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «nuts» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
- Trees and pragmatics of «nuts» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «nuts» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
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