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nutrition
nutritional labelling
nutritional therapy
nutritionist
nutritious
nutritive
nuts
nuts and bolts
nutshell
nutsy
nutter
nutty
Nuu-chah-nulth
nux vomica
nuzzle
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nutshell
nutshell [ nút shel ] (plural nutshells)


noun 
Definition:
 
nut's shell: the hard outer shell of a nut that surrounds the edible inner seed

in a nutshell in very few words, getting right to the main point
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