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A nutshell is the outer shell of a nut. Most nutshells are inedible and are removed before eating the nut meat inside. It covers and protects the kernel, which may be edible. Usage Most nutshells are useful to some extent, depending on the circumstances. Walnut shells can be used for cleaning and polishing, as a filler in dynamite, and as a paint thickening agent. Shells from pecans, almonds, Brazil nuts, acorns, and most other nuts are useful in composting. Their high porosity makes them also ideal in the production of activated carbon by pyrolysis. Shells can also be used as loose-fill packing material, to protect fragile items in shipping. Idiomatic usage The expression "in a nutshell" (of a story, proof, etc.) means "in essence", metaphorically alluding to the fact that the essence of the nut - its edible part - is contained inside its shell. The expression further gave rise to the journalistic term '' nut graph'', short for ''nutshell paragraph''. In '' Hamle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Content or contents may refer to: Media * Content (media), information or experience provided to audience or end-users by publishers or media producers ** Content industry, an umbrella term that encompasses companies owning and providing mass media and media metadata ** Content provider, a provider of non-core services in the telecommunications industry ** Free content, published material that can be used, copied, and modified without significant legal restriction ** Open content, published material licensed to authorize copying and modification by anyone ** Web content, information published on the World Wide Web * Content format, an encoded format for converting a specific type of data to displayable information * Digital content * Table of contents, a list of chapters or sections in a document Places * Content (Centreville, Maryland) also known as C.C. Harper Farm, a historic home located at Centreville, Maryland * Content (Upper Marlboro, Maryland) also known as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
