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noun
1.
a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell.
2.
the kernel itself.
3.
Botany. a hard, indehiscent, one-seeded fruit, as the chestnut or the acorn.
4.
any of various devices or ornaments resembling a nut.
5.
EXPANDa block, usually of metal and generally square or hexagonal, perforated with a threaded hole so that it can be screwed down on a bolt to hold together objects through which the bolt passes.
6.
Slang. the head.
7.
Slang.
a.
a person who is very enthusiastic about something; buff; enthusiast; devotee: He's a real circus nut.
b.
an extremely concerned or zealous person: My boss is a nut on double-checking everything.
8.
9.
Slang: Vulgar. a testis.
10.
Informal.
a.
the operating expenses, usually figured weekly, of a theatrical production or other commercial enterprise; a break-even point.
b.
the total cost of producing a theatrical production or of forming and opening any new business venture.
11.
Music. (in instruments of the violin family)
a.
the ledge, as of ebony, at the upper end of the fingerboard, over which the strings pass.
b.
the movable piece at the lower end of the bow, by means of which the hairs may be slackened or tightened.
12.
COLLAPSEPrinting. en (def. 2).
verb (used without object)
13.
to seek for or gather nuts: to go nutting in late autumn.
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Nutted
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
14.
from soup to nuts. soup (def. 7).
15.
hard nut to crack,
a.
a problem difficult to solve; a formidable undertaking.
b.
Also, tough nut to crack.a person difficult to know, understand, or convince.
16.
off one's nut, Slang.
a.
Sometimes Offensive. foolish, silly, or insane.
b.
confused; unreasonable.
c.
mistaken or wrong: You're off your nut if you think such a plan can succeed.
Origin:
before 900; 1900–05 for def. 8b; Middle English nute, Old English hnutu; cognate with Dutch noot, German Nuss, Old Norse hnot; akin to Latin nux
before 900; 1900–05 for def. 8b; Middle English nute, Old English hnutu; cognate with Dutch noot, German Nuss, Old Norse hnot; akin to Latin nux
Related forms
nut·like, adjective
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Word Origin & History
nut
"hard seed," O.E. hnutu, from P.Gmc. *khnut- (cf. O.N. hnot, Du. noot, O.H.G. hnuz, Ger. nuß "nut"), from PIE *knu- "lump" (cf. L. nux, see nucleus). Sense of "testicle" is attested from 1915. Nuts as a derisive retort is attested from 1931. The nut that goes onto
EXPAND a bolt is first recorded 1611 (used of other small mechanical pieces since 1426). Amer.Eng. slang sense of "amount of money required for something" is first recorded 1912. Nuts and bolts "fundamentals" is from 1960.
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Science Dictionary
nut  (nŭt) Pronunciation Key
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. Informally, other edible seeds or dry fruits enclosed in a hard or leathery shell are also called nuts, though they are not true nuts. For instance, an almond kernel is actually the seed of a drupe. Its familiar whitish shell is an endocarp found within the greenish fruit of the almond tree. Peanuts are actually individual seeds from a seed pod called a legume. |
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