nutshell
noun
the shell of a nut.
nutshells
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pluralof nutshell.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Aymium CEO James Mennell said the company’s process works with all species of wood as well as agricultural residues, grasses, nutshells, cherry pits or any other lignocellulosic biomass.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
"We've got loads of nutshells, oyster shells, bits of pipe, broken wine bottles and chicken bones."
From BBC ● May 16, 2025
Indigenous communities in the Southwest discovered and ate piñon nuts from the Pinus edulis tree many years before Europeans arrived, as evidenced by cracked nutshells found at archaeological sites.
From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2022
And whereas most nutshells include several kinds of cells, walnuts and pistachios only have one kind.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 10, 2021
Underneath the sawdust—and he knew exactly where—were caches of nutshells, seeds, bones, fruit, and gristle.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
