Definitions for nut
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. nutnoun

   usually large hard-shelled seed

2. Nutnoun

   Egyptian goddess of the sky

3. nutnoun

   a small (usually square or hexagonal) metal block with internal screw thread to be fitted onto a bolt

4. en, nutnoun

   half the width of an em

5. crackpot, crank, nut, nut case, fruitcake, screwballnoun

   a whimsically eccentric person

6. 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"

7. 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"

8. nutverb

   gather nuts

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. nutnoun

   A hard-shelled seed.

   There are many sort of nuts - peanuts, cashews, pistachios, Brazil nuts and more.

2. 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.

3. nutnoun

   A crazy person.

   He was driving his car like a nut.

4. nutnoun

   The head.

5. nutnoun

   The amount of money necessary to set up some venture; set-up costs.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. nutnoun

   En, a unit of measurement equal to half of the height of the type in use.

9. nutnoun

   An extravagantly fashionable young man of the 1910s and 1920s.

10. nutverb

    To hit deliberately with the head; to headbutt.

11. nutverb

    To ejaculate (semen).

12. nutnoun

    A testicle.

    I was kicked in the nuts

13. nutnoun

    Semen, ejaculate.

14. nutnoun

    An extreme enthusiast.

15. 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.)

16. nutnoun

    Relating to the nuts, the best possible hand on a given board.

17. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. NUTnoun

   Etymology: hnut , Saxon; noot, Dutch; noix, Fr.

   1. The fruit of certain trees; it consists of a kernel covered by a hard shell. If the shell and kernel are in the center of a pulpy fruit, they then make not a nut but a stone.

   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.

   2. A small body with teeth, which correspond with the teeth of wheels.

   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.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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

2. 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

3. Nutnoun

   the tumbler of a gunlock

4. Nutnoun

   a projection on each side of the shank of an anchor, to secure the stock in place

5. Nutverb

   to gather nuts

6. Etymology: [OE. nute, note, AS. hnutu; akin to D. noot, G. nuss, OHG. nuz, Icel. hnot, Sw. nt, Dan. nd.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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 TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. nutnoun

   tanzing

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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  

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   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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1. NUT

   What does NUT stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the NUT acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Matched Categories

1. • Egyptian Deity
   • Block
   • Eccentric
   • Enthusiast
   • Gather
   • Linear Unit
   • Seed

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'nut' in Nouns Frequency: #2255

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1. tun

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of nut in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of nut in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of nut in a Sentence

1. Matt LeBlanc:

   As a car nut and a massive fan of Top Gear, I'm honoured and excited to be a part of this iconic show's new chapter, what a thrill!

2. The FDA:

   Beech-Nut has also decided to exit the market for Beech-Nut branded Single Grain Rice Cereal.

3. Brooke Burke:

   If you were to go through my fridge, you would find lots of greens, vegetables, a lot of nut milks, cheese, avocados, fresh meat, salmon and tea – I love tea, there’s vinegar, Dijon mustard, olives, eggs, spices, lots of spicy sauces. You would also find pre-made quinoa. It’s about being organized and prepared. On Sundays, I ’ll make soups and grain bowl supplies. That way we can have everything individually packed for the family so they can pick and choose. They can make a homemade grain bowl. For example, we ’ll put greens in there, some chopped-up avocados, mushrooms, olives, sprouts, and vegetables – things already prepared and on hand. It makes it easy for my family and it encourages them to get creative in the kitchen.

4. Jason Jacobs:

   The safety of infants and children is Beech-Nut's top priority. We are issuing this voluntary recall, because we learned through routine sampling by the State of Alaska that a limited quantity of Beech-Nut Single Grain Rice Cereal products had levels of naturally-occurring inorganic arsenic above the FDA guidance level, even though the rice flour used to produce these products tested below the FDA guidance level for inorganic arsenic.

5. Chang Sabine:

   To me, the nut rage incident looked like a rich kid in an elementary school looking down on poor or weak kids, i think she should be doing community service to become mentally matured.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=nut
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Nut
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=nut
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nut
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=nut
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=nut
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=nut