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   nut

   /nʌt/

   noun

   • 1. a fruit consisting of a hard or tough shell around an edible kernel: "he was cracking nuts with his teeth"
   • ▪ the hard kernel of a nut: "savoury snacks like crisps and nuts"
   • ▪ a small lump of something hard or solid, especially coal.
   • 2. a small flat piece of metal or other material, typically square or hexagonal, with a threaded hole through it for screwing on to a bolt as a fastener: "fix the new pipe and tighten the nuts"
   • ▪ the part at the lower end of the bow of a violin or similar instrument, with a screw for adjusting the tension of the hair.
   • 3. a crazy or eccentric person: informal "she would have written me off as a time-wasting nut" Similar madman/madwomanmaniaclunaticeccentricinformal:loonynutcasenutjobcuckoofruitcakehead casebasket caseheadbangerschizocrankcrackpotoddballweirdoweirdieodd bodnutterradgescrewballcrazykooknutsomeshuggenerwackowackwing nutwackadoowackadoodledingbat
   • ▪ a person who is excessively interested in or enthusiastic about a specified thing: "a football nut" Similar enthusiastfanfanaticaddictdevoteeaficionadoinformal:freakfiendmaniacbuff-heada great one forgeekjockfundi
   • 4. a person's head: informal "he's aiming to break a record by balancing a car on his nut" Similar headskullcraniuminformal:noodlenoddlenobnoggindomeboncenapperpollinformal, dated:beanconkarchaic:pateCostardcrumpet
   • 5. a man's testicles. vulgar slang
   • 6. the fixed ridge on the neck of a stringed instrument over which the strings pass: "the positioning allows the strings a straight path over the nut"

   verb

   • 1. butt (someone) with one's head: informal British "I thought he was going to nut me in the face"
   • 2. gather nuts: archaic "in autumn children would go nutting"

   Word Origin Old Englishhnutu, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch noot and German Nuss.

   Derivatives

   • 1. nutlike adjective

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   What does nut mean?

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   What is a seed nut?

   • n. 1. a. An indehiscent fruit having a single seed enclosed in a hard shell, such as an acorn or hazelnut. b. The usually edible seed of such a fruit. c. Any of various other usually edible seeds enclosed in a hard covering such as a seed coat or the stone of a drupe, as in a pine nut, peanut, almond, or walnut. 2. Slang a.

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   What type of fruit is a nut?

   • A dry, indehiscent simple fruit consisting of one seed surrounded by a hard and thick pericarp (fruit wall). The seed does not adhere to the pericarp but is connected to it by the funiculus. A nut is similar to an achene but larger. Acorns, beechnuts, chestnuts, and hazelnuts are true nuts.

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   What is a nut & bolt?

   • A nut is a thick metal ring which you screw onto a metal rod called a bolt. Nuts and bolts are used to hold things such as pieces of machinery together. If you want to repair the wheels, you just undo the four nuts. ...nuts and bolts that haven't been tightened up.

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   What does a nut look like?

   • It is about the size of a nut, with a brown verrucous outside; the edible part is white and tender, and the kernel black. Nut definition: a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.. See examples of NUT used in a sentence.

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     NUT translate: orzech, nakrętka, entuzjast-a/ka, maniak,...

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     NUT translate: ผลไม้แห้งเปลือกแข็ง, สลักที่มีรูตรงกลาง....

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   the dry, one-seeded fruit of any of various trees or shrubs, consisting of a kernel, often edible, in a hard and woody or tough and leathery shell, more or less separable from the seed itself, as the walnut, pecan, chestnut, acorn, etc. 2. the kernel, or meat, of such a fruit. 3. Loosely.

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