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nut noun

  /nʊt/ , /nʌt/ , [nɐt]
  • (hardware) A piece of hardware, typically metal and typically hexagonal or square in shape, with a hole through it having internal screw threads, intended to be screwed onto a threaded bolt or other threaded shaft.
  • (climbing) A shaped piece of metal, threaded by a wire loop, which is jammed in a crack in the rockface and used to protect a climb. (Originally, machine nuts [sense #2] were used for this purpose.)
 femella
  • (food, broadly) Any of various hard-shelled seeds or hard, dry fruits from various families of plants.
 nou
  • (vulgar, slang, chiefly plural) A testicle, often used in the plural form.
 ou

nuts adjective

  /nʌts/
  • (colloquial) Insane, mad.
 boig
pine nut
pinyó
brazil nut
noguera de Brasil, nou del Brasil
cashew nut
anacard
macadamia nut
macadàmia
wing nut
femella d'orelles, femella papallona
tiger nut
xufla
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