Nut part Crossword Clue

While searching our database we found 1 possible solution for the: Nut part crossword clue. This crossword clue was last seen on May 4 2020 Thomas Joseph Crossword puzzle. The solution we have for Nut part has a total of 5 letters.

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Definition

A hard outside covering, as of a fruit or an animal.
The covering, or outside part, of a nut; as, a hazelnut shell.
A pod.
The hard covering of an egg.
The hard calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates. In some mollusks, as the cuttlefishes, it is internal, or concealed by the mantle. Also, the hard covering of some vertebrates, as the armadillo, the tortoise, and the like.
Hence, by extension, any mollusks having such a covering.
A hollow projectile, of various shapes, adapted for a mortar or a cannon, and containing an explosive substance, ignited with a fuse or by percussion, by means of which the projectile is burst and its fragments scattered. See Bomb.
The case which holds the powder, or charge of powder and shot, used with breechloading small arms.
Any slight hollow structure; a framework, or exterior structure, regarded as not complete or filled in; as, the shell of a house.
A coarse kind of coffin; also, a thin interior coffin inclosed in a more substantial one.
An instrument of music, as a lyre, -- the first lyre having been made, it is said, by drawing strings over a tortoise shell.
An engraved copper roller used in print works.
The husks of cacao seeds, a decoction of which is often used as a substitute for chocolate, cocoa, etc.
The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve.
A light boat the frame of which is covered with thin wood or with paper; as, a racing shell.
To strip or break off the shell of; to take out of the shell, pod, etc.; as, to shell nuts or pease; to shell oysters.
To separate the kernels of (an ear of Indian corn, wheat, oats, etc.) from the cob, ear, or husk.
To throw shells or bombs upon or into; to bombard; as, to shell a town.
To fall off, as a shell, crust, etc.
To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk; as, nuts shell in falling.
To be disengaged from the ear or husk; as, wheat or rye shells in reaping.

Check the table below for more likely or similar clues and answers related to Nut part crossword clue.

Rank Answer Clue Publisher
99% SHELL Nut part Thomas Joseph
20% BOLT Nut partner Eugene Sheffer


Recent Usage in Crossword Puzzles:

  • Thomas Joseph Crossword, May 4 2020
  • Thomas Joseph Crossword, August 29 2017
  • Thomas Joseph Crossword, October 2 2012

The answer to Nut part crossword clue is SHELL

There are a total of 5 letters in Nut part crossword clue

The Nut part crossword clue was last seen on May 4 2020 Thomas Joseph Crossword puzzle


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