What does nut mean?
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Princeton's WordNet
nutnoun
usually large hard-shelled seed
Nutnoun
Egyptian goddess of the sky
nutnoun
a small (usually square or hexagonal) metal block with internal screw thread to be fitted onto a bolt
en, nutnoun
half the width of an em
crackpot, crank, nut, nut case, fruitcake, screwballnoun
a whimsically eccentric person
addict, nut, freak, junkie, junkynoun
someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction
"a golf addict"; "a car nut"; "a bodybuilding freak"; "a news junkie"
testis, testicle, orchis, ball, ballock, bollock, nut, eggverb
one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens
"she kicked him in the balls and got away"
nutverb
gather nuts
Wiktionary
nutnoun
A hard-shelled seed.
There are many sort of nuts - peanuts, cashews, pistachios, Brazil nuts and more.
nutnoun
A fastener: a piece of metal, usually square or hexagonal in shape, with a hole through it having machined internal threads, intended to be screwed onto a bolt or other threaded shaft.
nutnoun
A crazy person.
He was driving his car like a nut.
nutnoun
The head.
nutnoun
The amount of money necessary to set up some venture; set-up costs.
nutnoun
A stash of money owned by an extremely rich investor, sufficient to sustain a high level of consumption if all other money is lost.
nutnoun
On string instruments such as guitars and violins, the small piece at the peghead end of the fingerboard that holds the strings at the proper spacing and, in most cases, the proper height.
nutnoun
En, a unit of measurement equal to half of the height of the type in use.
nutnoun
An extravagantly fashionable young man of the 1910s and 1920s.
nutverb
To hit deliberately with the head; to headbutt.
nutverb
To ejaculate (semen).
nutnoun
A testicle.
I was kicked in the nuts
nutnoun
Semen, ejaculate.
nutnoun
An extreme enthusiast.
nutnoun
A shaped piece of metal, threaded by a wire loop, which is jammed in a crack in the rockface and used to protect a climb. (Originally, machine nuts [sense #2] were used for this purpose.)
nutnoun
Relating to the nuts, the best possible hand on a given board.
Etymology: From nute, note, from hnutu, from hnutuz (cf. West Frisian nút, Dutch noot, German Nuss), from knu- (cf. Albanian nyç, Irish cnó, Latin nux).
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
NUTnoun
Etymology: hnut , Saxon; noot, Dutch; noix, Fr.
One chanc’d to find a nut
In the end of which a hole was cut,
Which lay upon a hazel-root,
There scatter’d by a squirrel;
Which out the kernel gotten had;
When quoth this Fay, dear queen be glad,
Let Oberon be ne’er so mad,
I’ll set you safe from peril. Michael Drayton, Nymphid.Nuts are hard of digestion, yet possess some good medicinal qualities. John Arbuthnot, ou Aliments.
The force of this faculty may be more conveniently used by the multiplication of several wheels, together with nuts belonging unto each, that are used for the roasting of meat. John Wilkins, Mathem. Magick.
Clocks and jacks, though the screws and teeth of the wheels and nuts be never so smooth, yet if they be not oiled, will hardly move. John Ray, on the Creation.
ChatGPT
nut
A nut is a hard-shelled fruit or seed or edible kernel of certain plants, often rich in oil or protein. Typically, a nut does not split open to release its seeds. In a broader context, the term "nut" can also refer to a small metallic or plastic piece with a threaded hole used in conjunction with a bolt for fastening things together.
Webster Dictionary
Nutnoun
the fruit of certain trees and shrubs (as of the almond, walnut, hickory, beech, filbert, etc.), consisting of a hard and indehiscent shell inclosing a kernel
Nutnoun
a perforated block (usually a small piece of metal), provided with an internal or female screw thread, used on a bolt, or screw, for tightening or holding something, or for transmitting motion. See Illust. of lst Bolt
Nutnoun
the tumbler of a gunlock
Nutnoun
a projection on each side of the shank of an anchor, to secure the stock in place
Nutverb
to gather nuts
Etymology: [OE. nute, note, AS. hnutu; akin to D. noot, G. nuss, OHG. nuz, Icel. hnot, Sw. nt, Dan. nd.]
Wikidata
Nut
A nut is a fruit composed of a hard shell and a seed, where the hard-shelled fruit does not open to release the seed. So, while, in a culinary context, a wide variety of dried seeds are often called nuts, in a botanical context, only ones that include the indehiscent fruit are considered true nuts. The translation of "nut" in certain languages frequently requires paraphrases as the concept is ambiguous. Most seeds come from fruits that naturally free themselves from the shell, unlike nuts such as hazelnuts, chestnuts, and acorns, which have hard shell walls and originate from a compound ovary. Culinary usage of the term is less restrictive, and some nuts as defined in food preparation, like pistachios and Brazil nuts, are not nuts in a botanical sense. Common usage of the term often refers to any hard-walled, edible kernel as a nut.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Nut
nut, n. the name popularly given to all those fruits which have the seed enclosed in a bony, woody, or leathery pericarp, not opening when ripe: (bot.) a one-celled fruit, with a hardened pericarp, containing, when mature, only one seed: often the hazel-nut, sometimes the walnut: a small block of metal for screwing on the end of a bolt.—v.i. to gather nuts:—pr.p. nut′ting; pa.p. nut′ted.—adj. Nut′-brown, brown, like a ripe old nut.—ns. Nut′cracker, an instrument for cracking nuts: a genus of birds of the family Corvidæ; Nut′-gall, an excrescence, chiefly of the oak; Nut′hatch, a genus of birds of the family Sittidæ, agile creepers—also Nut′jobber, Nut′pecker; Nut′-hook, a stick with a hook at the end for pulling down boughs that the nuts may be gathered: a bailiff, a thief who uses a hook; Nut′meal, meal made from the kernels of nuts; Nut′-oil, an oil obtained from walnuts; Nut′-pine, one of several pines with large edible seeds; Nut′shell, the hard substance that encloses the kernel of a nut: anything of little value; Nut′ter, one who gathers nuts; Nut′tiness; Nut′ting, the gathering of nuts; Nut′-tree, any tree bearing nuts, esp. the hazel.—adj. Nut′ty, abounding in nuts: having the flavour of nuts.—n. Nut′-wrench, an instrument for fixing on nuts or removing them from screws.—A nut to crack, a difficult problem to solve; Be nuts on (slang), to be very fond of; In a nutshell, in small compass. [A.S. hnutu; Ice. hnot, Dut. noot, Ger. nuss.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
nut
A small piece of iron with a female screw cut through the middle of it, for screwing on to the end of a bolt.
Rap Dictionary
nutnoun
tanzing
Editors Contribution
nut
A type of cultivar, plant, seed, shrub and tree created and cultivated in various species.
There are a variety of nut trees grown to provide a source of food.
Submitted by MaryC on April 15, 2020
nut
Is a type of fruit created and cultivated in various colors.
Nuts are a popular type of fruit and are grown and eaten worldwide.
Submitted by MaryC on January 21, 2017
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Anagrams for nut »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of nut in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of nut in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of nut in a Sentence
Beech-Nut has also decided to exit the market for Beech-Nut branded Single Grain Rice Cereal.
A person may be eating oatmeal with plant-based milk and fruit for breakfast, and I'll ask them to add hemp seeds, flax seeds or chia seeds, or even a nut butter like peanut butter.
The greatest oak was once a little nut who held its ground....
Once you start breaking down a nut, it just lessens the time for freshness.
We’ve seen Honey a few times, especially Lisa, she's such a baby nut, so every opportunity she has to make a lasagna or take something to their house, she's over there so she can hug all on our little wonder woman.
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- قرعة, رأس, جَوْزَة, صمولة, بيضة, مكسرات, مخبولArabic
- сәтләүекBashkir
- га́йка, арэ́хBelarusian
- орех, гайкаBulgarian
- ou, nouCatalan, Valencian
- ořech, koule, matka, maticeCzech
- nyten, cneuenWelsh
- nødDanish
- Ei, Birne, Mutter, Nüsse, Spinner, Nuss, Irrer, Rübe, Irre, DötzGerman
- ξυρός καρπός, καρύδι, παξιμάδιGreek
- nuksoEsperanto
- chalado, fruta seca, nuez, chiflado, loco, huevo, tuerca, cojónSpanish
- pähkelEstonian
- azkoinBasque
- تخم, آجیلPersian
- mutteri, pöpi, nuppi, kulkunen, talla, kaali, pesämuna, hullu, palli, mälli, pähkinä, pöljä, kahjo, kiila, perustamiskustannuksetFinnish
- nøtFaroese
- écrou, sillet, noix, couille, fruit sec, folle, fouFrench
- nútWestern Frisian
- cnó, meas, gealtIrish
- cnò, clachScottish Gaelic
- croManx
- אום, אגוזHebrew
- nwaHaitian Creole
- bolond ember, here, anyacsavar, fej, dió, őrült emberHungarian
- ձու, գիժ, ընկույզ, պնդօղակArmenian
- kacangIndonesian
- hnota, hnetaIcelandic
- dado, noce, minchione, palla, coglione, pazzoItalian
- 気違い, ナット, 木の実Japanese
- კაკალიGeorgian
- жаңғақ, тегірKazakh
- 미친, 너트, 암나사Korean
- nuxLatin
- ແຫ້ງເປືອກLao
- riešutasLithuanian
- uzgrieznis, trakais, pauti, rieksts, jucisLatvian
- vadin-tsaikiroMalagasy
- porowiriMāori
- орев, маде, јајце, чукнат, наврткаMacedonian
- kacangMalay
- ġewżaMaltese
- အခွံမာသီး, မူလီခေါင်းBurmese
- nøttNorwegian
- gekkin, gek, teelbal, bal, kop, zottin, moer, noot, zotDutch
- nøttNorwegian Nynorsk
- ball, gærning, mutter, galningNorwegian
- neeshchʼííʼNavajo, Navaho
- notzOccitan
- nakrętka, orzech, łeb, świrPolish
- noz, maluco, doido, louco, bagos, porca, cachola, ovosPortuguese
- alună, cap, nucă, țicnit, nebun, piuliță, coiRomanian
- чо́кнутый, ши́зик, псих, яйцо́, оре́х, коча́н, башка́, сумасше́дший, га́йкаRussian
- матица, орах, navrtka, навртка, orah, maticaSerbo-Croatian
- orechSlovak
- orehSlovene
- miroSomali
- arrëAlbanian
- nöt, knäppis, galen, mutterSwedish
- njuguSwahili
- గింజ, తింగర వ్యక్తి, తిక్కల వ్యక్తి, నట్టుTelugu
- ลูกThai
- tanga, mani, baliw, bayagTagalog
- somun, cevizTurkish
- гайка, горіхUkrainian
- đậuVietnamese
- נוסYiddish
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