Nutshell

Noun

 * 1) The shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut.
 * 2) A short book summarizing an area of law.

Derived terms

 * in a nutshell

Verb

 * 1)  To summarize (from the term in a nutshell:).

Thesaurus
abridge, ace, atom, bit, brief, capsule, capsulize, condense, dab, digest, dole, dot, dram, dribble, driblet, dwarf, farthing, fleck, flyspeck, fragment, gobbet, grain, granule, groat, hair, handful, inventory, iota, jot, little, little bit, minim, minimum, minutiae, mite, modicum, molecule, mote, ounce, outline, particle, pebble, pinch, pittance, point, scruple, shorten, sketch, sketch out, smidgen, smitch, speck, spoonful, spot, sum, sum up, summarize, summate, synopsize, thimbleful, tiny bit, tittle, trifling amount, trivia, whit

Etymology
nut + shell

Noun

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