nutshell
/ˈnʌtˌʃɛl/
noun
- The hard outer covering of a nut.
- She cracked the nutshell with a small hammer to get the walnut inside.
- The squirrel chewed through the nutshell to reach the kernel.
- Some nutshells are so tough you need a special tool to open them.
- A very small, compact space or container.
- The inventor built a working computer inside a nutshell.
- Their tiny apartment was a nutshell of a home, but they loved it.
- He lived in a nutshell of a room with just a bed and a desk.
idiom
- In a nutshell: In a very brief and simple way; summarizing the main point.
- In a nutshell, we need to finish the project by Friday.
- The teacher explained the theory in a nutshell so everyone could understand.
- In a nutshell, the movie is about a robot who learns to feel emotions.