Synonyms for nutshell
ˈnʌtˌʃɛlnut·shell

Princeton's WordNet

1. nutshellnoun

   the shell around the kernel of a nut

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1. Marquis de Sade:

   Imperious, choleric, irascible, extreme in everything, with a dissolute imagination the like of which has never been seen, atheistic to the point of fanaticism, there you have me in a nutshell, and kill me again or take me as I am, for I shall not change.

2. Matt Alt:

   In a nutshell, they're the things that go bump in Japan's night.

3. Maria Cecilia Flores-Oebanda:

   In a nutshell, the fight to end human trafficking and modern slavery is far from over, the thing is, when you are hungry or when your child is sick, you tend to make uninformed decisions. This, coupled by a culture of migration, poses risks of exploitation and abuse.

4. Abbot James Wiseman Day:

   In a nutshell I think Dorothy Day and Thomas Merton clearly recognized that to be a faithful member of the church, it includes and even requires being concerned with issues that go beyond the church door, it's not only possible, but also proper, for a Catholic or a member of any other religious tradition to be concerned with justice, peace in the world, understanding of other faiths and concern for the environment. [Pope Francis] is putting on record that what he’s doing is not all that new.

5. Stan Dunn:

   And that's the world in a nutshell, an appropriate receptacle.