Nut Definition–noun | 1. | a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell. | | 3. | Botany. a hard, indehiscent, one-seeded fruit, as the chestnut or the acorn. | | 4. | any of various devices or ornaments resembling a nut. | | 5. | a block, usually of metal and generally square or hexagonal, perforated with a threaded hole so that it can be screwed down on a bolt to hold together objects through which the bolt passes. | | 7. | Slang. | a. | a person who is very enthusiastic about something; buff; enthusiast; devotee: He's a real circus nut. | | b. | an extremely concerned or zealous person: My boss is a nut on double-checking everything. | | | 8. | Slang. | a. | a foolish, silly, or eccentric person. | | b. | Offensive. an insane person; psychotic. | | | 9. | Slang: Vulgar. a testis. | | 10. | Informal. | a. | the operating expenses, usually figured weekly, of a theatrical production or other commercial enterprise; a break-even point. | | b. | the total cost of producing a theatrical production or of forming and opening any new business venture. | | | 11. | Music. (in instruments of the violin family) | a. | the ledge, as of ebony, at the upper end of the fingerboard, over which the strings pass. | | b. | the movable piece at the lower end of the bow, by means of which the hairs may be slackened or tightened. | | | 12. | Printing. en (def. 2)
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. | –verb (used without object) | 13. | to seek for or gather nuts: to go nutting in late autumn. | —Idioms | 14. | from soup to nuts. soup (def. 7). | | 15. | hard nut to crack, | a. | a problem difficult to solve; a formidable undertaking. | | b. | a person difficult to know, understand, or convince. | Also, tough nut to crack. | | 16. | off one's nut, Slang. | a. | Sometimes Offensive. foolish, silly, or insane. | | b. | confused; unreasonable. | | c. | mistaken or wrong: You're off your nut if you think such a plan can succeed. | | |
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in botany, dry, hard fruit that does not split open at maturity to release its single seed. A nut resembles an achene but develops from more than one carpel (female reproductive structure), often is ...
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in technology, fastening device consisting of a square or hexagonal block, usually of metal, with a hole in the centre having internal, or female, threads that fit on the male threads of an ...
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in Egyptian religion, a goddess of the sky, vault of the heavens, often depicted as a woman arched over the earth god Geb. Most cultures of regions where there is rain personify the sky as masculine, ...
doum nut
the nut of the doum palm (Hyphaene thebaica), native to Upper Egypt, Sudan, Kenya, and Tanzania. Also called the gingerbread palm, the 15.2-metre (50-foot) tree has a slender trunk and smooth ...
Brazil nut
edible seed of a large South American tree (Bertholletia excelsa) found in the Amazonian forests of Brazil, Peru, Colombia, and Ecuador. The Brazil nut is particularly well known in the Brazilian ...
souari nut
any of the seeds borne in large, clustered fruits of trees of the genus Caryocar (family Caryocaraceae), which has about 15 species. C. nuciferum, from Panama and northern South America, is typical. ...
quandong nut
edible seed of the native peach (Santalum acuminatum), a small shrubby tree of the sandalwood family (Santalaceae), native to Australia. Unlike other members of this family, the native peach is ...
kola nut
caffeine-containing nut of Cola acuminata and Cola nitida, trees of the cocoa family (Sterculiaceae) native to tropical Africa and cultivated extensively in the American tropics. The evergreen tree ...
dika nut
edible nut of the dika tree, which is also called the dika bread, or Gabon chocolate, tree (species Irvingia barteri), and is native to western Africa. The nut is used principally for food and oil.pili nut
the nut of any tree of the genus Canarium (family Burseraceae), particularly the edible nut of the Philippine tree Canarium ovatum. In the South Pacific the pili nut is a major source of fat and ...
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Louisville Courier-Journal - Found Dec. 27, 2008
... entry, recorded when she was 28, shortly before she became famous: 'The writer must be four people: 1) The nut, the obsédé, 2) The moron, 3...
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'P-Nut' Carl Dudley
Keynoter.com - Found Dec. 26, 2008
P-Nut has been disabled since his stroke in 1999. His most enjoyable job was as a babysitter for his beloved grandchildren.
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Fresh Plaza - Found Dec. 23, 2008
... we should rush to sell cashew nut simply because the American Stock Exchange has collapsed. That’s an American problem … our cashew nut is...
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A Radiologic Football Nut
Advance for IRT - Found Dec. 23, 2008
... stand-up imaging and now work daily toward becoming a fully computerized sit-down writer, I have learned over the years to be a football nut.
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Brod Pete at Tsoko.Nut Batirol
Philippines Daily Tribune - Found Dec. 20, 2008
Nut Batirol de la Rosa Carpark I branch to discuss plans and projects of UST Artlets Alumni Association.
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What is pine nut?
NWI Times - Found Dec. 20, 2008
Not so much a nut as a seed, pine nuts are commonly referred to as pignolias in European kitchens.
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St. Petersburg Times - Found Dec. 19, 2008
Saranac 12 Beers of Winter This mixed sampler includes a Belgian-style ale, nut brown lager (a unique lager take on brown ale), vanilla stout...
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Beech-Nut baby contest
Times Union - Found Dec. 28, 2008
Beech-Nut, which makes baby food in Canajoharie, will provide free baby food to the first baby born in Albany after midnight. But don’t worry.
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Nifty Nut House takes its goodie sales online
TMC Net - Found Dec. 17, 2008
Services via COMTEX) -- Just imagine what the Muckenthaler brothers, Ed and Gus, would be thinking about the Nifty Nut House of today.
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