The shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut. / A short book summarizing an area of law. / (nautical) A small boat; a boat considered small in comparison to the seas.

(transitive) To summarize (from the term in a nutshell).

(idiomatic) In summary; briefly or simply.

plural of nutshell

simple past tense and past participle of nutshell

present participle of nutshell