Nut
Celestial Egyptian deity
A nut is a hard-shelled dry fruit containing an edible kernel—walnuts, almonds, chestnuts.
The word extends to any small piece of hardware with internal threads that screws onto a bolt.
Informally, a nut is a crazy person or an enthusiast: a health nut, a computer nut.
Nuts is slang for testicles, and nuts! expresses frustration or disbelief.
To nut is vulgar slang for ejaculating.
The nuts and bolts of something are its basic practical details.
Seed-bearing fleshy fruit
beechnut · hickory · kernel · seedcoat · cotyledon · endocarp · foraging · squirrel
Edible tree nut
- cashewCurved edible seed
- pecanEdible hickory seed
- pistachioEdible green seed
- macadamiaButtery Australian nut
acorn · roasted · salted · shelled · kernel · nutmeat · trail mix · praline
Threaded rod for nuts
- washerSpacer ring for fasteners
- wrenchTool for turning fasteners
- threadFiber for stitching
- hexMalevolent incantation
fastener · tighten · socket · torque · spanner · lug · coupling · flange
Mentally unhinged
- maniacViolently deranged person
- weirdoPeculiar person, dismissively
- fanaticOverly zealous person
- lunaticDeranged or irrational person
eccentric · obsessed · unhinged · kook · crackpot · madman · bonkers · loony
Avid fan; also burnish
- fanaticOverly zealous person
- aficionadoKnowledgeable, passionate follower
- devoteeZealous admirer or follower
- junkiePerson with compulsive dependency
geek · freak · addict · fiend · maniac · hobbyist · connoisseur · zealot
drupe
Seed-bearing fleshy fruit
acorn · beechnut · hickory · kernel · seedcoat · cotyledon · endocarp · foraging · squirrel · germination
almond
Edible tree nut
macadamia · acorn · roasted · salted · shelled · kernel · nutmeat · trail mix · praline · marzipan
bolt
Threaded rod for nuts
hex · fastener · tighten · socket · torque · spanner · lug · coupling · flange · machine screw
crazy
Mentally unhinged
lunatic · eccentric · obsessed · unhinged · kook · crackpot · madman · bonkers · loony · zealot
buff
Avid fan; also burnish
- fanaticOverly zealous person
- aficionadoKnowledgeable, passionate follower
- devoteeZealous admirer or follower
junkie · geek · freak · addict · fiend · maniac · hobbyist · connoisseur · zealot · groupie
head
Uppermost body part
frog
Tailless leaping amphibian
cello · tuning · bridge · fingerboard · scroll · horsehair · rosin · tension · ebony · adjustment
- health nutWellness-obsessed person
- in a nutshellIn condensed form
- go nutsLose composure dramatically
- nuts and boltsEssential practical details
- went nutsBecame wildly irrational
- going nutsBecoming extremely agitated
nuts, nutty, peanut, chestnut, peanuts, walnut, coconut, walnuts, coconuts