NUTSHELL

nutshell

(noun) the shell around the kernel of a nut

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

nutshell (plural nutshells)

The shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut.

A short book summarizing an area of law.

Verb

nutshell (third-person singular simple present nutshells, present participle nutshelling, simple past and past participle nutshelled)

(transitive) To summarize (from the term in a nutshell).

Source: Wiktionary

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Nut"shell`, n.

1. The shell or hard external covering in which the kernel of a nut is inclosed.

2. Hence, a thing of little compass, or of little value.

3. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A shell of the genus Nucula. To be, or lie, in a nutshell, to be within a small compass; to admit of very brief or simple determination or statement. "The remedy lay in a nutshell." Macaulay.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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