nutshell
the shell of a nut.
Idioms about nutshell
in a nutshell, in very brief form; in a few words: Just tell me the story in a nutshell.
Origin of nutshell
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How to use nutshell in a sentence
In a nutshell, it’s anything above the text of an article or ad, as well as a one-line link to another article, as on the paper’s homepage.
You’ve just summed up my entire scientific life in a nutshell.
In a nutshell, it’s a mobile identifier or a string of numbers advertisers use to identify Apple device users across apps and subsequently build a much clearer picture of how they behave.
Cheat Sheet: As Apple preps IDFA crackdown for ‘early spring’, here’s everything you need to know | Seb Joseph | January 29, 2021 | DigidayMaybe one of the most stirring whooshes forward in the entire American culture finds a nutshell in the Fuller family from the northeast suburbs of Dallas.
Sarah Fuller made history. Her parents understand why her moment matters. | Chuck Culpepper | December 3, 2020 | Washington PostIn a nutshell, DSAs expand the outreach of search efforts by including keywords that do not necessarily belong to the existing list of search keywords.
How to use in-market audiences for better search campaigns | Harikrishna Kundariya | August 18, 2020 | Search Engine Watch
In a nutshell, baijiu is to China what apple pie is to America, if not even more so.
In a nutshell, producers are the ones who oversee a movie from beginning to end.
Interactive: Hollywood’s 50 Greatest Producers of All Time | Brandy Zadrozny, Rachel Bronstein | March 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn a nutshell: She screwed struggling North Carolinians by backing sequestration and the shutdown.
Can B-List Hollywood Stars Shine in Washington? | Michelle Cottle | February 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThat, in a nutshell, is the response of three right-wing media outlets to the new comedy documentary The Muslims Are Coming!
Why the Right Is Bashing My Muslim Comedy Movie | Dean Obeidallah | September 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIn a nutshell, you can get rich and famous by being outrageous.
But, sire, we women suppose all we fear, and we turn what is probable into truths; that is the whole of our art in a nutshell.
Catherine de' Medici | Honore de BalzacHere in a nutshell is the biological basis of sex problem in human society.
Taboo and Genetics | Melvin Moses Knight, Iva Lowther Peters, and Phyllis Mary BlanchardBut their laughter died as the farmer opened the nutshell and began shaking out a great web of the finest linen.
Mighty Mikko | Parker FillmoreThe coach when it came turned out to be an empty nutshell and the five prancing steeds that were drawing it were five black mice.
Mighty Mikko | Parker FillmoreJust as Veikko and the nutshell coach had reached the middle of the bridge, a man met them coming from the opposite direction.
Mighty Mikko | Parker Fillmore
British Dictionary definitions for nutshell
/ (ˈnʌtˌʃɛl) /
the shell around the kernel of a nut
in a nutshell in essence; briefly
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with nutshell
see in a nutshell.
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