Nutshells [noun]

Definition of Nutshells:

short statement of main points

Synonyms of Nutshells:

● Rundown

● Rehash

● Sketch

● Outline

● Essence

● Review

● Analysis

● Synopsis

● Version

● Survey

● Recap

● Prospectus

● Skeleton

● Abstract

● Abbreviation

● Case

● Sense

● Extract

● Digest

● Brief

● Syllabus

● Reduction

● Inventory

● Run-through

● Core

● Conspectus

● Capitulation

● Report

● Epitome

● Abridgment

● Roundup

● Compendium

● Condensation

● Recapitulation

● Precis

● Résumé

● Summing-up

● Précis

● Aperçu

● Long and short of it

● Pandect

● Sum and substance

● Wrap-up


Opposite/Antonyms of Nutshells:

● Thesis

● Detail

● Dissertation

● Increase

● Extension

● Expansion

● Enlargement


Sentence/Example of Nutshells:

That's a good rule for those who want everything in a nutshell.

The whole case was in a nutshell—the lady had quarreled with her husband.

"There you have the case in a nutshell," said Mr. Bonnithorne, dropping his voice.

What is now required to be done may be stated in a nutshell.

I confess that has to be considered, and then the question lies in a nutshell.

The whole subject lies in a nutshell, or rather an apple-skin.

The Ragusan steamer looked like a nutshell from our eminence.

That was the point, and there was the argument all lying in a nutshell.

It may be said to gather up Browning's philosophy of life in a nutshell.

Here, then, in a nutshell, you have the whole matter in dispute.