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nutshell

[ nuht-shel ]

noun

  1. the shell of a nut.


nutshell

/ ˈʌˌʃɛ /

noun

  1. the shell around the kernel of a nut
  2. in a nutshell
    in essence; briefly
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Origin of nutshell1

1175–1225; Middle English nutescell; nut, shell
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Idioms and Phrases

  1. in a nutshell, in very brief form; in a few words:

    Just tell me the story in a nutshell.

More idioms and phrases containing nutshell

see in a nutshell .
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Example Sentences

What are the main revelations in a nutshell?

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“That, in a nutshell, is the entertainment business.”

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That's the problem in a nutshell, not just for the 2024 Harris campaign, but for the Democratic Party over the past two generations, the neoliberal world order and liberal democracy as a whole.

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So, in a way, “Nazarene” is the whole movie — and the whole Jeymes Samuel — in a nutshell.

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White’s warning is, in a nutshell: “It’s not for everyone.”

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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