Nutshell

//ˈnʌt.ʃɛl//

Synonyms for "nutshell" (71 found)

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Closest matches (15)

abridge ace atom bit brief capsule capsulize condense dab digest dole dot dram dribble driblet

Strong matches (21)

dwarf epitomize farthing fleck flyspeck fragment gobbet grain granule groat hair handful hit the high spots inventory iota jot little little bit minim minimum

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minutiae

Related words (35)

mite modicum molecule mote ounce outline particle pebble pinch pittance point scallop scruple shell shorten sketch sketch out smidgen smitch speck

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spoonful spot sum sum up summarize summate synopsize thimbleful tiny bit tittle trifling amount trivia whit

Verb(2 words)

recapitulate run through

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

1 entries

shell

derived

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cashew nutshell liquid in a nutshell

derived from

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nut shell

is a

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seed vessel shell

related to

5 entries

in nutshell kernel nut shell summarize

Translations

23 translations across 21 languages.

Catalan

1 entries

closca de nou noun (the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut)

Chinese Mandarin

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堅果殼 /坚果壳 noun (the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut)

Danish

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nøddeskal noun (the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut)

Dutch

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notendop noun (the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut)

Finnish

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pähkinänkuori noun (the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut)

French

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coque noun (the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut)
coquille noun (the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut)

Galician

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casca de noz noun (the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut)

German

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Nussschale noun (the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut)

Hungarian

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dióhéj noun (the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut)

Indonesian

1 entries

kulit kacang noun (the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut)

Irish

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blaosc cnó noun (the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut)

Italian

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guscio di noce noun (the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut)

Japanese

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木の実の殻 noun (the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut)

Latin

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naucum noun (the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut)

Old English

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hnutsċiell noun (the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut)

Portuguese

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casca de noz noun (the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut)

Russian

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оре́ховая скорлупа́ noun (the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut)

Spanish

1 entries

cáscara de nuez noun (the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut)

Swedish

1 entries

nötskal noun (the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut)

Ukrainian

1 entries

шкаралупа горіха noun (the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut)

Welsh

2 entries

masgl noun (the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut)
plisg noun (the shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

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They say fine words are no virtue if they're insincere and that's him in a nutshell. He's all talk but doesn't mean a word of it.

Source: tatoeba (71994)

I don't really like him, in a nutshell, I think he is an idiot.

Source: tatoeba (1064381)

"So, that's what happened to Tom's squirrel?" "Yes, in a nutshell."

Source: tatoeba (3295088)

The universe in a nutshell: I am consciousness.

Source: tatoeba (3450232)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.