nutcracker
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nut·crack·er
(nŭt′krăk′ər)n.
1.
a. An implement used to crack nuts, typically consisting of two hinged metal levers between which the nut is squeezed.
b. A decorative, usually wooden statue or figurine, especially of a soldier or king, that has a hinged lever to open and close the mouth.
2. Either of two birds, Nucifraga caryocatactes of northern Eurasia or N. columbiana of western North America, that feed chiefly on the seeds of pine cones.
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nutcracker
(ˈnʌtˌkrækə)n
1. (often plural) a device for cracking the shells of nuts
2. (Animals) either of two birds, Nucifraga caryocatactes of the Old World or N. columbianus (Clark's nutcracker) of North America, having speckled plumage and feeding on nuts, seeds, etc: family Corvidae (crows)
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nut•crack•er
(ˈnʌtˌkræk ər)n.
1. an instrument for cracking the shells of nuts.
2. either of two corvine birds of the genus Nucifraga that feed on pine nuts, N. caryocatactes, of N Eurasia, and N. columbiana, of W North America.
[1540–50]
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| Noun | 1. |  nutcracker - a compound lever used to crack nuts opencompound lever - a pair of levers hinged at the fulcrum |
| 2. |  nutcracker - any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insectsoscine, oscine bird - passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus family Sittidae, Sittidae - nuthatches European nuthatch, Sitta europaea - a kind of nuthatch red-breasted nuthatch, Sitta canadensis - bluish-grey nuthatch with reddish breast; of northern coniferous forests Sitta carolinensis, white-breasted nuthatch - bluish-grey nuthatch with black head and white breast; of eastern North America | |
| 3. | nutcracker - speckled birds that feed on nuts corvine bird - birds of the crow family genus Nucifraga, Nucifraga - nutcrackers common nutcracker, Nucifraga caryocatactes - Old World nutcracker Clark's nutcracker, Nucifraga columbiana - nutcracker of the western United States |
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Translations
كَسّارة الجَوز والبُنْدُق
louskáček
nøddeknækker
diótörõ
hnetubrjótur
luskáč
fındık/ceviz kıracağı
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nut
(nat) noun1. a fruit consisting of a single seed in a hard shell. a hazel-nut; a walnut.
2. a small round piece of metal with a hole through it, for screwing on the end of a bolt to hold pieces of wood, metal etc together. a nut and bolt.
ˈnutty adjective1. containing, or tasting of, nuts. a nutty flavour.
2. a slang word for mad. He's quite nutty.
ˈnutcracker noun (usually in plural) an instrument for cracking nuts open. a pair of nutcrackers.
ˈnutshell noun the hard covering of a nut.
in a nutshell expressed, described etc very briefly. I'll tell you the story in a nutshell.
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