Nut
31nut — [[t]nʌ̱t[/t]] nuts 1) N COUNT The firm shelled fruit of some trees and bushes are called nuts. Some nuts can be eaten. → See also , hazelnut, peanut Nuts and seeds are good sources of vitamin E. 2) N COUNT A nut is a thick metal ring which you… …
32nut — nutlike, adj. /nut/, n., v., nutted, nutting. n. 1. a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell. 2. the kernel itself. 3. Bot. a hard, indehiscent, one seeded fruit, as the chestnut or the acorn. 4.… …
33nut — 1 noun (C) 1 FOOD a dry brown fruit inside a hard shell, that grows on a tree: crack a nut | a cashew nut 2 TOOL a small piece of metal with a hole through the middle which is screwed onto a bolt 1 (2) to fasten things together 3 CRAZY PERSON… …
34nut — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. kernel, stone, nutmeat; seed, core; slang, eccentric, crank, crackpot (sl.), kook (sl.). See food, insanity. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A dry fruit] Syn. seed, kernel, stone, achene, caryopsis, utricle;… …
35Nut — Kerbe; Rille; Aussparung; Einschnitt; Zahn; Nute; Ausschnitt; Fuge; Zapfenloch; Spalte; Falz; Spalt; Stemmloch …
36nut — 1. a mentally ill person Nut is slang for a human head and this is a shortened form of gone in the nut, or some such expression: It was the laugh of a nut. (Chandler, 1940) A nut college, farm, hutch, or house is an institution for… …
37nut — I UK [nʌt] / US noun Word forms nut : singular nut plural nuts ** 1) [countable] a dry fruit that grows inside a hard shell on some types of tree and bush. Many kinds of nut can be eaten Can you crack some nuts for me (= break open the shells)?… …
38nut — /nʌt / (say nut) 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… …
39nut — This word is used to describe a person who is odd, eccentric, or crazy, but it will often be interpreted as a compliment rather than as an insult. It stems from the slang meaning of ‘nut’, i.e. the head, which in turn gave rise to expressions… …
40Nut — /nooht/, n. Egyptian Relig. the goddess of the sky, sometimes shown as a cow bearing Ra on her back and the stars on her underside. * * * In Egyptian religion, a goddess of the sky. She represented the vault of the heavens and was often depicted… …
