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Nut has 13 different meanings across 4 categories:

Noun · Verb · Intj · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

usually large hard-shelled seed

"After cracking open the walnut, I ate the nut inside its shell."

nut
2

Egyptian goddess of the sky

"Nut is an ancient Egyptian goddess who covers the entire sky like a vast ceiling over the earth."

Nut
3

a small (usually square or hexagonal) metal block with internal screw thread to be fitted onto a bolt

"The mechanic tightened the nut onto the bolt to secure the engine cover in place."

nut
4

half the width of an em

"The printer was set to use a point size that is exactly half the width of an em."

5

a whimsically eccentric person

"The artist was such a nut that he refused to wear shoes even in freezing weather."

6

someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction

"a golf addict"

"a car nut"

"a bodybuilding freak"

"a news junkie"

7

one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens

"she kicked him in the balls and got away"

8

A hard-shelled seed.

"The squirrel buried an acorn nut in the ground to eat later."

Verb
1

gather nuts

"The squirrels gathered nuts to store for the winter."

nut
2

To gather nuts.

"The children went into the forest to nut after acorns fell from the trees."

Intj
1

No.

"The athlete ate an apple instead of a nut before the race to avoid any allergic reaction."

Proper Noun
1

Initialism of National Union of Teachers.

"In Roman mythology, Nut was the goddess who served as the personification of the sky."

2

The goddess who serves as the personification of the sky.

Example Sentences
"a golf addict" noun
"a car nut" noun
"a bodybuilding freak" noun
"a news junkie" noun
"she kicked him in the balls and got away" noun
See Also
squirrel seed bolt nutty nut bar nutbar beechnut nougat
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
seed block linear unit eccentric enthusiast male reproductive gland gonad gather
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
edible nut cembra nut kola nut mast palm nut nutlet hex nut locknut square nut stuffing nut wing nut gym rat cobblers undescended testis

Origin

The word "nut" comes from the Old English hnutu, which traces back to a root shared by several ancient languages including Latin and Celtic. While its exact origin is debated, it may have come from a non-Indo-European language spoken in the region before Germanic tribes arrived.

Rhyming Words
knut cnut wonut arnut donut allnut hognut lugnut cronut peanut yernut econut cobnut gumnut walnut pignut tefnut jarnut foxnut oilnut
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