NUTSHELLS Synonyms: 99 Similar and Opposite Words

nutshells

noun

plural of nutshell

as in fragments

something small in size, amount, or range a nutshell of a fan base

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Recent Examples of nutshells Archaeobotanists find various parts of plants, including seeds, chaff, fruit pits, nutshells and cobs. — Alexandria Mitchem Hansen, The Conversation, 19 Dec. 2025 And these nutshells that are now all restored have been used for that purpose for more than eight decades. — Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 10 Sep. 2025

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Noun

The star is 2,160,000 ppb of low-molecular-weight collagen—in other words, smaller collagen fragments that help draw moisture to skin for a plumper, firmer look.

— Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 7 Oct. 2026
This test, as well as others like it, can detect tiny fragments of free-floating DNA in the blood.

— H. Gilbert Welch, STAT, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of fragments

Noun

There were whispers and exchanged glances; Ono couldn’t make it through a single slide without a fresh wave of questions.

— Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 5 Oct. 2026
Shawn slept on a thin mattress on the floor of his parents’ room, lying awake each night to their furious whispers, long after the lights had been turned out.

— Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of whispers

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And, as is the case in other parts of Europe, the real estate market in Hungary is cyclical.

— Lucy Handley, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
To add to the dire situation, up to 80% of large parts of the city’s groundwater is contaminated, both by sewage and by naturally occurring substances such as arsenic.

— Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of parts

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And Widow’s Bay was, of course, very successful at alternating between scary and funny bits.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
In addition, they’re used in experiments searching for dark matter and in systems that read information from superconducting quantum bits, or qubits.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of bits

Noun

Trump himself issued mouthfuls of balderdash during the event.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026
The possibility of a Chase and Taylor flirtation causing a rift with Miranda is briefly raised and just as swiftly quashed — through large mouthfuls of chips and salsa, Taylor assures Miranda at the sip-and-see that there is no there there.

— Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026

Definition of mouthfuls

Noun

Mastercard’s Agent Pay for Machines is designed for continuous machine-to-machine transactions, including microtransactions worth fractions of a cent.

— Shlomit Wagman, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
The brightly colored insects, native to Australia, are small — just fractions of an inch long — with colors that pop under a microscope.

— Brad Balukjian, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of fractions

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Groth and Silver Oak were two early favorites, but my tastes have always ranged beyond Napa, including Burgundy, Chablis, Pinot Noir, and Italian whites.

— Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2026
At that time, the company’s Fisher-Price, Barbie and American Girl brands were struggling to connect with changing consumer tastes and Mattel was reeling from the recent bankruptcy of Toys R Us.

— Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2026

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