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How to pronounce nut in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms addict, freak, junkie, junky
Type of partizan, enthusiast, partisan
Has types gym rat


a car nut.
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Synonyms en
Type of linear unit, linear measure
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Synonyms crackpot, crank, fruitcake, nut case, screwball
Type of eccentric, flake, oddball, geek, eccentric person
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Synonyms ball, ballock, bollock, egg, orchis, testicle, testis
Type of sex gland, gonad, male reproductive gland
Has types undescended testis, cobblers, undescended testicle
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Type of block
Has types locknut, butterfly nut, hex nut, packing nut, safety nut, wing screw, square nut, stuffing nut, wing nut, wing-nut, thumbnut
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Type of pull together, collect, garner, gather
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Type of seed
Has types palm nut, palm kernel, nutlet, edible nut, kola nut, cola nut, mast, cembra nut, cedar nut
Derivation nutty

Examples of nut

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Any type of nut such as walnuts or macadamia nuts can be used instead of pecans.
From the kansas.com
If the bolt does not extend through the nut, the crib is included in the recall.
From the charlotteobserver.com
That said, he may find Midday too tough a nut to crack round here at this stage.
From the telegraph.co.uk
I am a fantasy baseball nut, winning numerous leagues over the past few seasons.
From the newsday.com
The NUT said it had undertaken work in the area of black children's achievement.
From the independent.co.uk
No. He's dressed up as a lime green superhero complete with nut-hugging spandex.
From the hecklerspray.com
We're almost done, with just enough riding left to burn off a banana nut muffin.
From the sacbee.com
He picked out fried chicken and Hamburger Helper and day-old banana-nut muffins.
From the online.wsj.com
More than 800,000 Maya nut trees have been planted for rain forest conservation.
From the cnn.com
More examples
  • Gather nuts
  • Usually large hard-shelled seed
  • Egyptian goddess of the sky
  • A small (usually square or hexagonal) metal block with internal screw thread to be fitted onto a bolt
  • En: half the width of an em
  • Crackpot: a whimsically eccentric person
  • Newcastle upon Tyne (locally) (often shortened to Newcastle) is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. ...
  • In rock climbing, a nut (or chock or chockstone) is a metal wedge threaded on a wire, used for protection by wedging it into a crack in the rock. Nuts come in a variety of sizes and styles, and several different brands are made by competing manufacturers. Most nuts are made out of aluminum. ...
  • A nut is a hard-shelled fruit of some plants having an indehiscent seed. While a wide variety of dried seeds and fruits are called nuts in English, only a certain number of them are considered by biologists to be true nuts. Nuts are an important source of nutrients for both humans and wildlife.