Meaning & use
Nut
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A hard-shelled edible seed or fruit, or a small metal fastener with a threaded hole that screws onto a bolt.
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She sprinkled crushed nuts over the top of the salad.
The mechanic tightened the nut on the bolt with a wrench.
A note on using this word
Informally, "nut" can also mean an eccentric or obsessive person, as in "health nut," describing enthusiastic devotion to something.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
An informal term for a person regarded as eccentric, crazy, or enthusiastically devoted to something.
He's a total nut about vintage motorcycles.
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