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Word: Nut
Speech Type: Noun
Old English hnutu, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch noot and German Nuss
nʌt
a fruit consisting of a hard or tough shell around an edible kernel
Short Definition:hard-shelled fruit with edible kernel
Examples:- he was cracking nuts with his teeth
a small flat piece of metal or other material, typically square or hexagonal, with a threaded hole through it for screwing on to a bolt as a fastener
Short Definition:piece of metal screwed on to bolt as fastening
Examples:- fix the new pipe and tighten the nuts
- the final wheel nut was tightened
a crazy or eccentric person
Short Definition:crazy person
Examples:- she would have written me off as a time-wasting nut
a person's head
Short Definition:person's head
Examples:- he's aiming to break a record by balancing a car on his nut
a man's testicles.
Short Definition:testicles
the fixed ridge on the neck of a stringed instrument over which the strings pass
Short Definition:part of stringed instrument
Examples:- the positioning allows the strings a straight path over the nut
Word: Nut
Speech Type: Verb
nʌt
butt (someone) with one's head
Short Definition:butt with one's head
Examples:- I thought he was going to nut me in the face
gather nuts
Short Definition:gather nuts
Examples:- in autumn children would go nutting
- they had nutted in the woods and fished in the river
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