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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.)
 mutter
  • (food, broadly) Any of various hard-shelled seeds or hard, dry fruits from various families of plants.
 nöt
  • (slang) A crazy person.
 galen, knäppis
  • (musical instruments, lutherie) On stringed instruments such as guitars and violins, the small piece at the peghead end of the fingerboard that holds the strings at the proper spacing and, in most cases, the proper height.
 sadel, översadel

nuts adjective

  /nʌts/
  • (colloquial) Insane, mad.
 knäpp
brazil nut
paranöt, paranötsträd
cashew nut
cashewnöt, acajounöt
pine nut
pinjenöt, pinjekärna
barrel nut
sargsprint
tiger nut
jordmandel
Brazil nut
paranöt
nut job
dårfink
betel nut
betelnöt
macadamia nut
macadamianöt
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