Nutshell

n.	1.	The shell or hard external covering in which the kernel of a nut is inclosed.
	2.	Hence, a thing of little compass, or of little value.
	3.	(Zool.) A shell of the genus Nucula. in a nutshell in a summarized and very abbreviated form; - of statments, descriptions, reports, and other communications; as, to describe the convention in a nutshell. To be in a nutshell to be within a small compass; to admit of very brief or simple determination or statement. - Macaulay.

Noun

1.

nutshell - the shell around the kernel of a nut

abridge, ace, atom, bit, brief, capsule, capsulize, condense, dab, digest, dole, dot, dram, dribble, driblet, dwarf, farthing, fleck, flyspeck, fragment, gobbet, grain, granule, groat, hair, handful, inventory, iota, jot, little, little bit, minim, minimum, minutiae, mite, modicum, molecule, mote, ounce, outline, particle, pebble, pinch, pittance, point, scruple, shorten, sketch, sketch out, smidgen, smitch, speck, spoonful, spot, sum, sum up, summarize, summate, synopsize, thimbleful, tiny bit, tittle, trifling amount, trivia, whit

Definitions Index: # A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

About this site and copyright information - Online Dictionary Home - Privacy Policy