nutshell
[ nuht-shel ]
/ ˈnʌtˌʃɛl /
noun
the shell of a nut.
Idioms for nutshell
in a nutshell,
in very brief form; in a few words: Just tell me the story in a nutshell.
Words nearby nutshell
nutriture,
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nuts and bolts, the,
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nutsy,
nutter,
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British Dictionary definitions for in a nutshell
nutshell
/ (ˈnʌtˌʃɛl) /
noun
the shell around the kernel of a nut
in a nutshell
in essence; briefly
Idioms and Phrases with in a nutshell (1 of 2)
in a nutshell
Concisely, in a few words, as in Here's our proposal—in a nutshell, we want to sell the business to you. This hyperbolic expression alludes to the Roman writer Pliny's description of Homer's Iliad being copied in so tiny a hand that it could fit in a nutshell. For a time it referred to anything compressed, but from the 1500s on it referred mainly to written or spoken words.
Idioms and Phrases with in a nutshell (2 of 2)
nutshell
see in a nutshell.