(n.) The shell or hard external covering in which the kernel of a nut is inclosed.
(n.) Hence, a thing of little compass, or of little value.
(n.) A shell of the genus Nucula.
Example Sentences:
(1) That in a nutshell is the comparative advantage that OpenStreetMap claims over other online maps.
(2) Thus, the same tribunal that regularly consigns ordinary, powerless Americans to prison for decades for even trivial offenses yet again acts to protect the most powerful actors from any consequences for serious crimes: that is the US justice system in a nutshell.
(3) In a nutshell: Sandcastle settlements Poland – Impossible Objects Gothic fantasies ... the Poland pavilion.
(4) Distance 1 mile (1.6km) Classification Gentle stroll Duration 1 hour 45 minutes Begins Salcombe Hill car park OS grid reference SY197889 Walk in a nutshell A mostly flat circuit around the summit of Salcombe Hill, which offers impressive views over the town of Sidmouth and, on a good day, as far as Portland Bill in Dorset.
(5) But when a BBC interviewer yesterday described plans to overhaul the citizenship rules with these words, the immigration minister Phil Woolas signalled she had put it in a nutshell .
(6) And that, in a nutshell, is how Galloway managed to score what he called "the most sensational result in British electoral history" last Thursday.
(7) And that, in a nutshell, is Malaga's season; a brief portrait of why Pellegrini might want to walk away and why Txiki Begiristain, City's director of football, may want to have him succeed Mancini.
(8) Distance 6 miles (9.7km) Classification Moderate Duration 3 hours Begins Bathwick Hill OS grid reference ST765640 Walk in a nutshell A moderately long but well-marked circular walk with fabulous views of Bath.
(9) Mr Justice Lewison ruled : "In my judgement, the reference [in the House of Lords Act 1999] to a 'member of the House of Lords' is simply a reference to the right to sit and vote in that house … In a nutshell, membership of the House of Lords means the right to sit and vote in that house."
(10) In a nutshell: Right now, it looks like PS4 is the most powerful console, but developers may well learn to exploit the Xbox One in new ways.
(11) Distance 5 miles (8km) Classification Moderate Duration 2 hours 30 minutes Begins Holyrood Park car park OS grid reference NT271737 Walk in a nutshell The climb on to Arthur's Seat may be steep, but an excellent path on to the compact, rocky summit (and a panorama par excellence) makes the ascent easier.
(12) Corbyn has proposed two alternatives to the UK’s current policy of austerity: a national investment bank, to be capitalised by cancelling private-sector tax relief and subsidies; and what he calls “people’s quantitative easing” – in a nutshell, an infrastructure programme that the government finances by borrowing money from the Bank of England .
(13) In a nutshell, Real Labour would see through the politics of fear that now dominates British politics and international discourse alike.
(14) Distance 0.5 miles (0.8km) Classification Gentle stroll Duration 1 hour 30 minutes Begins National Trust car park OS grid reference TL565706 Walk in a nutshell A flat, linear walk through one of Europe's most important wetlands.
(15) In a nutshell: Electric-pastoral-psycho-brutalism Japan – In the Real World Bold experimentation .... the Japan pavilion.
(16) "Its policy objective, described in the organisation's own words 'in a nutshell', is 'to control the number of non-EU migrants who are given the right to settle permanently in the United Kingdom'."
(17) Distance 4 miles (6.4km) Classification Easy Duration 2 hours Begins Beningbrough car park OS grid reference SE517586 Walk in a nutshell A civilised stroll on well-surfaced paths around the estate of a large Georgian mansion, which boasts one of England's finest baroque interiors and an exceptional collection of 18th‑century portraits.
(18) That was it really as far as the club was concerned.” Garlick, who also told the fans’ group that the 22-year-old had conducted his own negotiations with the board during the process, rather than use an agent, added: “In a nutshell, that’s it.
(19) The award-winning author made the remarks during a visit to Barcelona at the end of last week to promote his latest novel, Nutshell.
(20) That, in a nutshell, appears to be Facebook's approach to popular messaging app Snapchat .
Summarize
Definition:
(v. t.) To comprise in, or reduce to, a summary; to present briefly.
Example Sentences:
(1) The results are analysed statistically and summarized in graphs.
(2) The history of tobacco production and marketing is sketched, and the literature on chronic diseases related to smoking is summarized for the Pacific region.
(3) The results may be summarized as follows: (1) The tendon tissues of the two main groups compared, differ structurally in several respects.
(4) Data summarizing stability experience over a long period of study will be presented.
(5) The results are summarized in Table I, indicating that the ratio of formation of the cis product (2) increases as a solvent becomes more polar.
(6) The properties of these tumour-associated "antigens" in the membrane of rat sarcomata are summarized below: [Table: see text]
(7) This review will briefly summarize some of the data on the activity-dependent components of these mechanisms and incorporate the data into a model for selective synapse stabilization of coactive synapses.
(8) In this chapter, synthesis of alkylating oligonucleotide derivatives is described in detail and the results of their application for modification of nucleic acids in vitro are summarized.
(9) This report summarizes 1989 infant mortality data based on information from death certificates compiled through the Vital Statistics System of CDC's National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) (1) and compares findings with those for 1988.
(10) The effects of glucocorticoids on eicosanoid synthesis are briefly summarized and issues that remained unresolved or controversial are described.
(11) To summarize this case, one should consider the possibility that excessive polytherapy induces seizures, particularly in patients with structural brain abnormalities such as heterotopic gray matter.
(12) The clinical findings ascribed to trisomy 1q and partial monosomy 9p are summarized and compared to this case.
(13) The committee's findings include that the attacks were not extensively planned by the perpetrators; the intelligence community did a good job of warning about the risk of an attack but a bad job of summarizing the attack when it happened; the state department screwed up by not beefing up security at the mission; nobody blocked any military response; and that the Obama administration was slow to produce a paper trail but was generally not a sinister actor in the episode.
(14) The analysis of the causes of hunger current in the 1970's can be summarized somewhat brutally as follows.
(15) After reviewing the main breast diseases that occur in the 20- to 35-year-old age group, we evaluated the accuracy of mammography in diagnosing malignancy, and attempted to summarize guidelines for breast imaging in young women, whose breasts are quite sensitive to radiation.
(16) Furthermore, the starting and ending sequences of paramyxoviruses were summarized.
(17) The physiological classification of cat retinal ganglion cells developed in this paper and the preceding one is summarized in a Table.10.
(18) The reaction sequence leading from EAC1-9 to ghosts can be summarized as follows: formula: (see text).
(19) This paper summarizes the mode of acquisition of resistance genes by these elements.
(20) Other manipulations that induce an appetite for NaCl in the F344 strain are summarized.