nut cracking
Opening hard seeds
Nut cracking is the act of breaking open a nut's hard shell to reach the edible kernel inside.
The term applies to both human activity—using a nutcracker or hammer—and animal behavior, as when crows drop walnuts onto pavement or chimpanzees use stones as tools.
The satisfying nut cracking gave way to picking out the meat.
- walnutEdible hard-shelled seed
- black walnutDark-wooded nut tree
- acornCapped seed from oaks
- kernelSeed or essential core
- anvilMetal-shaping block
hammer · hickory nut · hard shell · stone · crow · mallet · lever · nutmeat · shell · solution · puzzle · problem solving · pliers · squirrel · ingenuity · breakthrough · wedge · vise
- nut processingshelling, roasting, blanching, grinding, chopping
- animal behaviorsswimming, running, walking, jumping, flying
- chestnutschestnuts, American chestnut, sweet chestnut, chestnut trees, chestnut tree
- dietary adaptationvegetarianism, veganism, carnivore diet, omnivore diet, herbivore
opening vs. sealing/enclosing
nut crackingsealing
Making impermeable
encasing · enclosing · encapsulating · wrapping · packaging