Associations to the word «Nutshell»

Wiktionary

NUTSHELL, noun. The shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut.
NUTSHELL, noun. A short book summarizing an area of law.
NUTSHELL, verb. (transitive) To summarize (from the term in a nutshell).

Dictionary definition

NUTSHELL, noun. The shell around the kernel of a nut.

Wise words

Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.
John Adams