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nutshell
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
nutshell
(noun)
nutshell
/
ˈ
nʌtˌʃɛl/
noun
plural
nutshells
nutshell
/
ˈ
nʌtˌʃɛl/
noun
plural
nutshells
Britannica Dictionary definition of NUTSHELL
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:
the hard outer shell of a nut
in a nutshell
:
very briefly
And that,
in a nutshell
, is what happened.
To put it in a nutshell
, the party was a disaster.
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