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Dictionary: nut·shell   (nŭt'shĕl') pronunciation
 
n.

The shell enclosing the meat of a nut.

idiom:

in a nutshell

  1. In a few words; concisely: Just give me the facts in a nutshell.


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WordNet: nutshell
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the shell around the kernel of a nut


 
Translations: Nutshell
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - nøddeskal

idioms:

  • in a nutshell    i en nøddeskal

Nederlands (Dutch)
notendop

Français (French)
n. - coquille de noisette ou de noix

idioms:

  • in a nutshell    en un mot, (fig) (résumer qch) en un mot

Deutsch (German)
n. - Nußschale

idioms:

  • in a nutshell    kurz zusammengefaßt, in einer Nußschale

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - εξωτερικό περίβλημα ξηρού καρπού, κέλυφος, καρυδότσουφλο

idioms:

  • in a nutshell    με δυο λόγια, σύντομος, με λίγα λόγια

Italiano (Italian)
guscio di noce

idioms:

  • in a nutshell    riassumendo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - casca (f) de noz

idioms:

  • in a nutshell    em síntese

Русский (Russian)
ореховая скорлупа

idioms:

  • in a nutshell    в двух словах

Español (Spanish)
n. - cáscara de nuez

idioms:

  • in a nutshell    en resumen, en dos palabras

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - nötskal

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
坚果壳, 极小的住家, 极小的容器

idioms:

  • in a nutshell    简单地, 简约地

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 堅果殼, 極小的住家, 極小的容器

idioms:

  • in a nutshell    簡單地, 簡約地

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 견과 껍질, 아주 작은 그릇

idioms:

  • in a nutshell    매우 간결하게

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 堅果の殻, ごく小さい容器
v. - 要約する

idioms:

  • in a nutshell    きわめて簡潔に, 簡潔に, 要するに

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) صدفه الجوزة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קליפת האגוז‬


 
 
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