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(nʌt)
Word forms: plural nuts
1. countable noun
The firm shelled fruit of some trees and bushes are called nuts. Some nuts can be eaten.
Nuts and seeds are good sources of vitamin E.
Synonyms: kernel, stone, seed, pip More Synonyms of nut
2. See also groundnut, hazelnut, peanut
3. countable noun
A nut is a thick metal ring which you screw onto a metal rod called a bolt. Nuts and bolts are used to hold things such as pieces of machinery together.
If you want to repair the wheels, you just undo the four nuts.
...nuts and bolts that haven't been tightened up.
4. countable noun
If you describe someone as, for example, a football nut or a health nut, you mean that they are extremely enthusiastic about the thing mentioned.
[informal] ...a football nut who spends thousands of pounds travelling to watch games.
Synonyms: fanatic, addict, enthusiast, freak [informal] More Synonyms of nut
5. adjective
If you are nuts about something or someone, you like them very much.
[informal, feelings] They're nuts about the car.
She's nuts about you. [+ about]
6. countable noun
If you refer to someone as a nut, you mean that they are mad.
[informal, disapproval] There's some nut out there with a gun.
7. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE]
If you say that someone goes nuts or is nuts, you mean that they go crazy or are very foolish.
[informal] You guys are nuts.
A number of the French players went nuts, completely out of control.
8. plural noun
A man's testicles can be referred to as his nuts.
[informal, rude] 9. countable noun [usually poss NOUN]
Your head can be referred to as your nut.
[informal]10.
See do one's nut/go nuts
11.
See nuts and bolts
12.
See a tough nut
13.
See a hard nut to crack/ a tough nut to crack
More Synonyms of nut
nut in British English
(nʌt)
noun
1.
a dry one-seeded indehiscent fruit that usually possesses a woody wall
2. (not in technical use)
any similar fruit, such as the walnut, having a hard shell and an edible kernel
3.
the edible kernel of such a fruit
4. slang
a. sometimes humorous
a person who behaves in a foolish manner
b. offensive
a person who is mentally disturbed
c.
a person who is extremely enthusiastic about something specified
a baseball nut
5. a slang word for head (sense 1)
6. do one's nut
7. off one's nut
8.
a person or thing that presents difficulties (esp in the phrase a tough or hard nut to crack)
9.
a small square or hexagonal block, usually metal, with a threaded hole through the middle for screwing on the end of a bolt
10. mountaineering
a variously shaped small metal block, usually a wedge or hexagonal prism (originally an ordinary engineer's nut) with a wire or rope loop attached, for jamming into a crack to provide security
Also called: chock 11. Also called (US and Canadian): frog music
a.
the ledge or ridge at the upper end of the fingerboard of a violin, cello, etc, over which the strings pass to the tuning pegs
b.
the end of a violin bow that is held by the player
12. printing another word for en
13.
a small usually gingery biscuit
14. British
a small piece of coal
verbWord forms: nuts, nutting or nutted
15. (intransitive)
to gather nuts
16. (transitive) slang
to butt (someone) with the head
Derived forms
nutlike (ˈnutˌlike) adjective
Word origin
Old English hnutu; related to Old Norse hnot, Old High German hnuz (German Nuss)NUT in British English
abbreviation for (in Britain)
National Union of Teachers
nut in American English
(nʌt)
noun
1.
the dry, one-seeded fruit of any of various trees or shrubs, consisting of a kernel, often edible, in a hard and woody or tough and leathery shell, more or less separable from the seed itself, as the walnut, pecan, chestnut, acorn, etc.
2.
the kernel, or meat, of such a fruit
3. Loosely
any hard-shell fruit that will keep more or less indefinitely, as a peanut, almond, etc.
4.
a small block, usually of metal, with a threaded hole through the center, for screwing onto a bolt, screw, etc.
5.
a.
a ridge of ebony or other hard material at the top of the fingerboard of a stringed instrument, over which the strings pass
b.
the small knob at the end of a violin bow, for tightening or loosening the hairs
6. Informal
the initial cost of an undertaking, or the amount of money it is necessary to take in before a profit is realized on it
7. Slang
a.
the head
b. [pl.]
the testicles
, a vulgar usage8. Slang
a.
a foolish, crazy, or eccentric person
b.
a devotee; fan
9. Printing
nuts en (sense 2)
verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈnutted or ˈnutting
10.
to hunt for or gather nuts
Idioms:
hard nut to crack
off one's nut
Word origin
ME nutte < OE hnutu, akin to Ger nuss < IE *kneu-, lump, nut (< base *ken-, to squeeze together) > L nux, MIr cnūnut in Mechanical Engineering
(nʌt)
Word forms: (regular plural) nuts
noun
(Mechanical engineering: Machinery and components)
wing nutA nut is a small square or hexagonal block with a threaded hole through the middle forscrewing on the end of a bolt.
Thread a nut onto the bolt to keep it in place.
We supply all kinds of fastenings including nuts and bolts, screws, and many others.
A nut is a small square or hexagonal block with a threaded hole through the middle forscrewing on the end of a bolt.
More idioms containingnut
do your nut
a tough nut to crack
a sledgehammer to crack a nut
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Word lists withnut
terms used in botany, Edible oilsIn other languagesnut
British English: nut /nʌt/ NOUN
metal A nut is a small piece of metal with a hole through which you put a bolt. Nuts and bolts are used to hold things together such as pieces of machinery.
...nuts and bolts.
- American English: nut device
- Arabic: صَمُولَةٌ
- Brazilian Portuguese: porca parafuso
- Chinese: 螺母
- Croatian: matica
- Czech: matka matice
- Danish: møtrik
- Dutch: moer
- European Spanish: tuerca
- Finnish: mutteri
- French: écrou
- German: Mutter Schraube
- Greek: παξιμάδι εργαλείο
- Italian: dado
- Japanese: ナット device
- Korean: 너트
- Norwegian: mutter
- Polish: nakrętka
- European Portuguese: porca parafuso
- Romanian: piuliță
- Russian: гайка
- Latin American Spanish: tuerca
- Swedish: mutter
- Thai: แป้นเกลียวของสลัก
- Turkish: vida somunu
- Ukrainian: гайка
- Vietnamese: đai ốc
British English: nut /nʌt/ NOUN
edible The firm shelled fruit of some trees and bushes are called nuts.
Nuts and seeds are very good for you.
- American English: nut food
- Arabic: جَوّزَةٌ
- Brazilian Portuguese: noz
- Chinese: 坚果
- Croatian: orašasti plod
- Czech: ořech
- Danish: nød frugt
- Dutch: noot pinda
- European Spanish: fruto seco
- Finnish: pähkinä
- French: noix
- German: Nuss
- Greek: ξηρός καρπός
- Italian: noce
- Japanese: ナッツ food
- Korean: 견과
- Norwegian: nøtt
- Polish: orzech
- European Portuguese: noz
- Romanian: nucă
- Russian: орех
- Latin American Spanish: fruto seco
- Swedish: nöt
- Thai: ถั่ว
- Turkish: fındık fıstık
- Ukrainian: горіх
- Vietnamese: hạt quả hạch
Chinese translation of 'nut'
nut
(nʌt)
n (c)
- (Bot, Culin)
坚(堅)果
(jiānguǒ) (枚, méi) - (Tech)
螺母
(luómǔ) (个(個), gè) - (inf, = lunatic)
疯(瘋)子
(fēngzi)the nuts and bolts of sth某事的基本要点(點)
(mǒushì de jīběn yàodiǎn)
1 (noun)
Nuts are a good source of vitamin E.
Synonyms
kernel
the kernel of his message
stone
Old men sat beneath the plane trees and spat cherry stones at my feet.
seed
a packet of cabbage seed
pip
The cape gooseberry has tiny, edible pips.
2 (noun)
Definition
an enthusiast
(slang) a football nut who spends thousands of pounds travelling to watch games
Synonyms
fanatic
I am not a religious fanatic but I am a Christian.
addict
She's a TV addict and watches as much as she can.
enthusiast
He is a great sports enthusiast.
freak (informal)
He's a self-confessed computer freak.
buff (informal)
She is a real film buff.
devotee
She is a devotee of Bach's music.
3 (noun)
Definition
the head
(slang) Kit shot up, hitting his nut on the roof.
Synonyms
head
She turned her head away from him.
skull
noggin
He's got a lump on his noggin but he'll live.
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Additional synonyms
in the sense of addict
Definition
a person who is devoted to something
She's a TV addict and watches as much as she can.
Synonyms
fan,
lover,
nut (slang),
follower,
enthusiast,
freak (informal),
admirer,
buff (informal),
junkie (informal),
devotee,
fiend (informal),
adherent,
rooter (US),
zealot,
groupie (slang),
aficionadoin the sense of buff
Definition
an expert on or devotee of a given subject
She is a real film buff.
Synonyms
expert,
fan,
addict,
enthusiast,
freak (informal),
admirer,
whizz (informal),
devotee,
connoisseur,
boffin (British, informal),
fiend (informal),
grandmaster,
hotshot (informal),
aficionado,
wonk (informal),
maven (US),
fundi (South Africa)
in the sense of devotee
Definition
a person fanatically enthusiastic about a subject or activity
She is a devotee of Bach's music.
Synonyms
enthusiast,
fan,
supporter,
follower,
addict,
admirer,
buff (informal),
fanatic,
adherent,
aficionado,
fanboy (informal),
fangirl (informal)
Synonyms of 'nut'
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Additional synonyms
in the sense of enthusiast
Definition
a person who is very interested in and keen on something
He is a great sports enthusiast.
Synonyms
fan,
supporter,
lover,
follower,
addict,
freak (informal),
admirer,
buff (informal),
fanatic,
devotee,
fiend (informal),
fan club (informal),
adherent,
zealot,
aficionado,
groupie (slang)
in the sense of freak
Definition
a person who is very enthusiastic about something specified
He's a self-confessed computer freak.
Synonyms
enthusiast,
fan,
nut (slang),
addict,
buff (informal),
fanatic,
devotee,
fiend (informal),
aficionadoin the sense of noggin
Definition
the head
He's got a lump on his noggin but he'll live.
Synonyms
head (informal),
block (informal),
bean (US, Canadian, slang),
nut (slang),
dome (slang),
conk (slang),
bonce (British, slang),
napper (slang),
noddle (informal, British)
in the sense of pip
Definition
the seed of a fleshy fruit, such as an apple or pear
The cape gooseberry has tiny, edible pips.
Synonyms
seed,
stone,
pitin the sense of seed
Definition
the mature fertilized grain of a plant, containing an embryo ready for germination
a packet of cabbage seed
Synonyms
grain,
pip,
germ,
kernel,
egg,
embryo,
spore,
ovum,
egg cell,
ovule
in the sense of stone
Definition
the hard central part of fruits such as the peach or date
Old men sat beneath the plane trees and spat cherry stones at my feet.
Synonyms
pip,
seed,
pit,
kernel