Nut /(nŭt)/
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. (Bot.)
- 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 1st Bolt.
- The tumbler of a gunlock.
- A projection on each side of the shank of an anchor, to secure the stock in place. (Naut.)
- Testicles. [vulgar slang]
Phrases & Compounds
- Check nut
- a nut which is screwed up tightly against another nut on the same bolt or screw, in order to prevent accidental unscrewing of the first nut.
- Nut buoy
- See under Buoy.
- Nut coal
- screened coal of a size smaller than stove coal and larger than pea coal; -- called also chestnut coal.
- Nut crab
- any leucosoid crab of the genus Ebalia as, Ebalia tuberosa of Europe.
- Nut grass
- See nut grass in the vocabulary.
- Nut lock
- a device, as a metal plate bent up at the corners, to prevent a nut from becoming unscrewed, as by jarring.
- Nut pine
- See under Pine.
- Nut rush
- a genus of cyperaceous plants (Scleria) having a hard bony achene. Several species are found in the United States and many more in tropical regions.
- Nut tree
- a tree that bears nuts.
- Nut weevil
- any species of weevils of the genus Balaninus and other allied genera, which in the larval state live in nuts.
Nut
v. i.
imp. & p. p. Nutted; p. pr. & vb. n. Nutting
- To gather nuts.