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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

1. The hard outer shell of a nut. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nutshell/#m1)
2. «In a nutshell» means in very few words, said briefly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nutshell/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nutshell/#x1)
- In a nutshell, we lost because we were slow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nutshell/#x2)
- The walnut's nutshell is hard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nutshell/#x3)
- In a nutshell, the mean is the total divided by how many numbers there are. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nutshell/#x4)
- Explain your story in a nutshell. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nutshell/#x5)
- The nutshells lay all over the floor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nutshell/#x6)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «nutshell» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nutshell/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«nutshell» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/nutshell.html) on Mova free.