English words containing nuts:

Meanings of Beechnuts:

noun

The small angular brown fruit of the beech tree, pairs of which are enclosed in a prickly case.

Usage examples:

Even maple and ash seeds, with their helicopter-like samaras, may float only a few dozen yards on t…

Meanings of Betelnuts:

noun

Another term for areca nut.

Meanings of Butternuts:

noun

A north american walnut tree which is cultivated as an ornamental and also for its quality timber.

Usage examples:

These include oaks, hickories, buckeyes, chestnuts, butternuts, walnuts and hazels.

Meanings of Chestnuts:

noun

A glossy hard brown edible nut which develops within a bristly case and which may be roasted and eaten.

Usage examples:

Some authors have suggested that their flavour and texture are comparable with those of the chestnu…

Meanings of Cobnuts:

noun

The central cylindrical woody part of the maize ear to which the grains are attached.

Meanings of Cocoanuts:

noun

Old-fashioned spelling of coconut.

Meanings of Coconuts:

noun

The large oval brown seed of a tropical palm, consisting of a hard woody husk surrounded by fibre, lined with edible white flesh and containing a clear liquid.

Usage examples:

Coconut shells

Meanings of Donuts:

noun

A small fried cake of sweetened dough, typically in the shape of a ball or ring.

Usage examples:

The menu mentioned toasted teacakes, scones, doughnuts, danish pastries and flapjack.

Meanings of Doughnuts:

noun

A small fried cake of sweetened dough, typically in the shape of a ball or ring.

Usage examples:

The menu mentioned toasted teacakes, scones, doughnuts, danish pastries and flapjack.

Meanings of Earthnuts:

noun

A eurasian plant of the parsley family, which has an edible roundish tuber and is found in woodland and acid pasture.

Meanings of From soup to nuts:

phrase

From beginning to end; completely.

Usage examples:

I know all about that game from soup to nuts

idiom

From the beginning to the end; including everything

Usage examples:

This is how you do a film campaign from soup to nuts., the whole building, soup to nuts, cost less …

Meanings of Go nuts:

To become extremely angry

Usage examples:

My sister will go nuts when she finds out i crashed her car.

Meanings of Hazelnuts:

noun

A round brown hard-shelled nut that is the edible fruit of the hazel.

Usage examples:

There were almonds, peanuts, cashews, hazelnuts, pecans and brazil nuts.

Meanings of Hognuts:

noun

Another term for earthnut (sense 1).

Meanings of In-a-nutshell:

idiom

Summed up briefly

Very briefly, giving only the main points

Usage examples:

"what went wrong?" "in a nutshell, everything."

phrase

In the fewest possible words.

Usage examples:

She put the matter in a nutshell

Meanings of Locknuts:

noun

A nut screwed down on another to keep it tight.

Usage examples:

Such devices include means to inspect cables and anchorages, locknuts, or grub screws for cross arm…

Meanings of Nuts:

adjective

Mad.

Usage examples:

The way he turns on the television as soon as he walks in drives me nuts

exclamation

An expression of contempt or derision.

Usage examples:

Keep up the good work, and nuts to everyone who doesn't like it

verb

A fruit consisting of a hard or tough shell around an edible kernel.

Usage examples:

He was cracking nuts with his teeth

noun

An rude word for testicles (= round male sex organs that produce sperm)

Meanings of Nuts-about:

idiom

To be very enthusiastic about an object, activity, or person

Usage examples:

Sophie's nuts about dinosaurs., i'm nuts about this band.

Meanings of Nuts-and-bolts:

phrase

The basic practical details.

Usage examples:

The nuts and bolts of making a movie

idiom

The practical facts about a particular thing, rather than theories or ideas about it

Usage examples:

When it came to the nuts and bolts of running a business, he was clearly unable to cope.

Meanings of Nutshell:

noun

The hard woody covering around the kernel of a nut.

Usage examples:

Similarly, hickory, walnut, and acorn nutshells have been recovered from late paleoindian and early…

Meanings of Nutshells:

noun

The hard woody covering around the kernel of a nut.

Usage examples:

Similarly, hickory, walnut, and acorn nutshells have been recovered from late paleoindian and early…

Meanings of Nutsy:

adjective

Mad.

Usage examples:

He's this loveable buffoon who at times almost seems unbelievable, but you make him believable and …

Meanings of Peanuts:

noun

The oval seed of a tropical south american plant, often roasted and salted and eaten as a snack or used to make oil or animal feed.

Usage examples:

A bag of dry-roasted peanuts

Meanings of Pignuts:

noun

Another term for earthnut (sense 1).

Meanings of Walnuts:

noun

The large wrinkled edible seed of a deciduous tree, consisting of two halves contained within a hard shell which is enclosed in a green fruit.

Usage examples:

Roasted pecans, walnuts, or pumpkin seeds are a nice addition.