nut

nouns

usually large hard-shelled seed

nut

is derived from

is a type of (narrower)

a small hard fruit

a small (usually square or hexagonal) metal block with internal screw thread to be fitted onto a bolt

nut

is a part of

a fastener made by screwing a nut onto a threaded bolt

is a type of (narrower)

a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)

"the pyramids were built with large stone blocks"

half the width of an em

en, nut

a whimsically eccentric person

crackpot, crank, fruitcake, nut, nut case, screwball

someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction

"a golf addict"; "a car nut"; "a bodybuilding freak"; "a news junkie"

addict, freak, junkie, junky, nut

one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens

"she kicked him in the balls and got away"

ball, ballock, bollock, egg, nut, orchis, testicle, testis

gather nuts

nut

is a type of (narrower)

assemble or get together

"gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together"