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nutshell

noun (a nutshell, nutshells)

«nutshell» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

The hard outer shell of a nut. tree →
«In a nutshell» means in very few words, said briefly. tree →

In the lessons

The idiom is common in school: «in a nutshell, plants need light, water and air». It helps sum up.

Examples

The squirrel cracked the nutshell. tree →
In a nutshell, we lost because we were slow. tree →
The walnut's nutshell is hard. tree →
In a nutshell, the mean is the total divided by how many numbers there are. tree →
Explain your story in a nutshell. tree →
The nutshells lay all over the floor. tree →

Note

Plural: nutshells. «In a nutshell» is fixed.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «nutshell» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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