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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Nutshell \Nut"shell`\, n.
     1. The shell or hard external covering in which the kernel of
        a nut is inclosed.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Hence, a thing of little compass, or of little value.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Zo["o]l.) A shell of the genus Nucula.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     in a nutshell in a summarized and very abbreviated form; --
        of statments, descriptions, reports, and other
        communications; as, to describe the convention in a
        nutshell.
  
     To be in a nutshell or To lie in a nutshell, to be within
        a small compass; to admit of very brief or simple
        determination or statement. ``The remedy lay in a
        nutshell.'' --Macaulay.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Nutshell \Nut"shell`\, n.
     1. The shell or hard external covering in which the kernel of
        a nut is inclosed.
  
     2. Hence, a thing of little compass, or of little value.
  
     3. (Zo["o]l.) A shell of the genus Nucula.
  
     To be, or lie, in a nutshell, to be within a small
        compass; to admit of very brief or simple determination or
        statement. ``The remedy lay in a nutshell.'' --Macaulay.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  in a nutshell
       adv : summed up briefly; "gave the facts in a nutshell"; "just
             tell me the story in a nutshell"; "explained the
             situation in a nutshell"

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  in a nutshell
     adv.
     (lb en idiomatic) In summary; briefly or simply.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  in a nutshell
     adv.
     (lb en idiomatic) In summary; briefly or simply.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  in a nutshell
     adv.
     (lb en idiomatic) In summary; briefly or simply.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  in a nutshell
     adv.
     (lb en idiomatic) In summary; briefly or simply.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  in a nutshell
     Englanti adv.
     pähkinänkuoressa

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  in a nutshell
     Engelska adv.
     i ett nötskal; kort sagt

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  in a nutshell /ɪn ɐ nˈʌtʃɛl/
   [fig.] kurz und gut, kurz zusammengefasst
        "put it in a nutshell"  - um es kurz zu machen
        "That is it in a nutshell."  - Das ist eine Kurzfassung der Sache.

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  in a nutshell /ɪn ɐ nˈʌtʃɛl/ 
  pähkinänkuoressa, lyhyesti sanottuna, sanalla sanottuna
  in summary

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  in a nutshell /ɪn ɐ nˈʌtʃɛl/
  1. pár szóban
  2. dióhéjban

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  in a nutshell /ɪn ɐ nˈʌtʃɛl/ 
  ringkasnya, singkat kata, singkatnya
  in summary

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  in a nutshell /ɪn ɐ nˈʌtʃɛl/ 
  要するに, つまりは
  in summary

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  in a nutshell /ɪn ɐ nˈʌtʃɛl/ 
  i ett nötskal, kort sagt
  in summary

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     概括地,扼要地

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