Definition of nut Nut
/nʌˈt/ - [nut] - NUT
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NounPlural: nuts |
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| nut - usually large hard-shelled seed | ||
| seed a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa | ||
| edible nut a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell | ||
| cedar nut, cembra nut the seed of the Swiss pine | ||
| cola nut, kola nut bitter brown seed containing caffein; source of cola extract | ||
| mast a vertical spar for supporting sails | ||
| palm kernel, palm nut seed of any oil palm | ||
| nut - a small (usually square or hexagonal) metal block with internal screw thread to be fitted onto a bolt | ||
| block a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides); "the pyramids were built with large stone blocks" | ||
| nut and bolt a fastener made by screwing a nut onto a threaded bolt | ||
| hex nut a nut with a hexagonal shape | ||
| locknut, safety nut supplementary nut that is screwed down on a primary nut to prevent it from loosening | ||
| square nut nut with a square shape | ||
| packing nut, stuffing nut a nut used to tighten a stuffing box | ||
| nut - Egyptian goddess of the sky | ||
| nut - one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens; "she kicked him in the balls and got away" | ||
| testis, testicle, orchis, ball, ballock, bollock, egg | ||
| male reproductive gland the reproductive organs of a man | ||
| gonad, sex gland a gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced | ||
| male reproductive system the reproductive system of males | ||
| family jewels, male genital organ, male genitalia, male genitals external male sex organs | ||
| arteria testicularis, internal spermatic artery, testicular artery a branch of the aorta supplying the testicles | ||
| testicular vein, vena testicularis a vein from the testicles | ||
| seminiferous tubule any of the numerous long convoluted tubules in the testis which are the sites where spermatozoa mature | ||
| cobblers a man's testicles (from Cockney rhyming slang: cobbler's awl rhymes with ball) | ||
| undescended testicle, undescended testis a testis that fails to move into the scrotum as the male fetus develops; "undescended testicles have an increased risk for cancer" | ||
| epididymis a convoluted tubule in each testis; carries sperm to vas deferens | ||
| rete testis network of tubules carrying sperm from the seminiferous tubules to the vasa efferentia | ||
| ductus deferens, vas deferens a duct that carries spermatozoa from the epididymis to the ejaculatory duct | ||
| nut - 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" | ||
| addict, freak, junkie, junky | ||
| enthusiast, partizan, partisan an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity | ||
| nut - a whimsically eccentric person | ||
| crackpot, crank, nut case, fruitcake, screwball | ||
| eccentric person, oddball, eccentric, geek, flake a person with an unusual or odd personality | ||
| nut - half the width of an em | ||
| en | ||
| linear measure, linear unit a unit of measurement of length | ||
Verb |
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| nut - gather nuts | ||
| pull together, garner, collect, gather store grain | ||
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Wiktionary 
- nut (Noun)
A hard-shelled seed. - nut (Noun)
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. - nut (Noun)
A crazy person. - nut (Noun)
The head. - nut (Noun)
Financial term for monthly expense to keep a venture running. - nut (Noun)
The amount of money necessary to set up some venture; set-up costs. - nut (Noun)
A stash of money owned by an extremely rich investor, sufficient to sustain a high level of consumption if all other money is lost. - nut (Noun)
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. - nut (Noun)
En, a unit of measurement equal to half of the height of the type in use. - nut (Noun)
An extravagantly fashionable young man of the 1910s and 1920s. - nut (Noun)
A testicle. - nut (Noun)
Semen, ejaculate. - nut (Noun)
An extreme enthusiast. - nut (Noun)
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. - nut (Noun)
Relating to the nuts, the best possible hand on a given board. - nut (Verb)
To hit deliberately with the head; to headbutt. - nut (Verb)
To ejaculate semen.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- nut (n.)
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. - nut (n.)
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. - nut (n.)
The tumbler of a gunlock. - nut (n.)
A projection on each side of the shank of an anchor, to secure the stock in place. - nut (v. i.)
To gather nuts.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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Device that can be screwed on a bolt. -
nut
The male sex gland that produces sperm and male hormones, found in some types of animals. -
nut
A hard-shelled seed.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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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.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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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.
Wikipedia 
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fruit
A nut is a very dry seed or fruit of some plants. A lot of seeds are called "nuts", but only some are really nuts. They are an important part of human and animal diets. Nuts mostly have one seed, but sometimes they have two. The wall is very hard.
Types of nuts.
Types of nuts include the oak, walnut, hickory, pecan, chestnut, stone-oak, birch, and hazelnut. The peanut, coconut, almond, macadamia, pistachio, and cashew are not nuts. -
goddess
In Egyptian mythology, Nut was the goddess of the sky. Her body made a protective layer over the Earth. Nut was the sister and wife of Geb, and the mother of Isis, Osiris, Nephthys and Seth.
The ancient Egyptians believed that Nut swallowed the sun-god, Ra, every night and gave birth to him every morning.
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