Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The shell enclosing the meat of a nut.
- idiom. in a nutshell In a few words; concisely: Just give me the facts in a nutshell.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The hard shell which forms the covering of the kernel of a nut: used proverbially for anything of small content or of little value.
- n. A bivalve mollusk of the family Nuculidæ; a nutlet.
Wiktionary
- n. The shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut.
- n. A short book summarizing an area of law.
- v. transitive To summarize (from the term in a nutshell).
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The shell or hard external covering in which the kernel of a nut is inclosed.
- n. Hence, a thing of little compass, or of little value.
- n. (Zoöl.) A shell of the genus Nucula.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the shell around the kernel of a nut
Etymologies
- nut + shell (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The post in a nutshell is another version of the old garbage I heard for years in school in NY.”
“The GOP political strategy in a nutshell is as follows:”
“KillCon 2006 says: “This in a nutshell is the American Doctrine.”
“And there in a nutshell is the great problem, the greatest of all other ethical problems which Canada, in its present incoherences of population, has to take up in its own behalf.”
“This, in a nutshell, is what's wrong with Liberal discourse.”
“That in a nutshell is why this whole reform effort has been such a difficult mess.”
“This, in a nutshell, is why we need a materiality requirement in trademark to match that in false advertising: who the heck cares?”
“This, in a nutshell, is why economics is such a joke.”
Alternative Energy and Rent-Seeking, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“The idea, in a nutshell, is this: "Fix your ideal schedule, then work backwards to make everything fit — ruthlessly culling obligations, turning people down, becoming hard to reach, and shedding marginally useful tasks along the way.”
“Above, in a nutshell, is the actual root of the civil rights debate we're still having in America.”
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