a compound lever used to crack nuts open
artifact noun (man-made objects)
nutcrackers
compound lever » lever » bar » implement
nut + crack + -er
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either of two sharp-billed, short-tailed birds belonging to the family Corvidae, found in coniferous forests. The Eurasian nutcracker ranges from ... (20 of 156 words, 2 images)
[often plural] a device for cracking the shells of nuts | either of two birds, "Nucifraga caryocatactes" of the Old World or "N. columbianus" (Clark's ... (24 of 311 words, 2 definitions, 5 usage examples, pronunciation)
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a tool for cracking nuts. Nutcracker or The Nutcracker may also refer to: The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, a 1816 story by E.T.A. Hoffmann The Nutcracker (Histoire d'un casse-noisette, 1844): a revision by Alexandre Dumas, père | The Nutcracker, a ... (40 of 220 words, 13 definitions)
common name for a small crow of the genus "Nucifraga" in the family Corvidae (crow family). The Old World nutcracker ("N. caryocatactes") is found ... (24 of 173 words)
(usually "nutcrackers") a device for cracking nuts. | [modifier] denoting a person's nose and chin with the points near each other, either naturally ... (22 of 82 words, 3 definitions, pronunciation)
An implement used to crack nuts, typically consisting of two hinged metal levers between which the nut is squeezed. | Any of various birds of the ... (25 of 60 words, 3 definitions, pronunciation)
an instrument for cracking the shells of nuts, usually consisting of two hinged metal levers, between which the nut is squeezed | either of two ... (24 of 52 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
an instrument or device for cracking the shells of nuts. | any of several corvine birds of the genus "Nucifraga" that feed on nuts, as the common ... (26 of 47 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
a tool for breaking open the shells of nuts (9 of 34 words, pronunciation)
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a tool for breaking the shell of a nut, so that you can remove and eat the softer part inside (20 of 28 words, pronunciations)
an implement for cracking nuts (5 of 28 words, pronunciation)
An implement for cracking nuts. | Either of two birds of the genus Nucifraga in the crow family. (17 of 18 words, 2 definitions)
a tool for cracking hard nutshells, usually consisting of two hinged metal arms between which the nut is squeezed | a bird of the crow family that ... (26 of 136 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
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Origin: nut + crack + -er
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Origin: Middle English nute, note, from Old English hnutu, from Proto-Germanic *hnutuz ("nut") (compare West Frisian nút, Dutch noot, German Nuss), from Proto-Indo-European *knu-, *kneu-... (24 of 34 etymology words)
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Origin: Middle English crakken, from Old English cracian, from Proto-Germanic *krakōnan (compare West Frisian ... | 1793 slang, of Unknown origin (19 of 43 etymology words)
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Origin: Middle English -er, -ere, from Old English -ere (agent suffix), from Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz... | Middle English -er, -ere, from Old English -ware (suffix denoting residency or meaning "inhabitant... (27 of 191 etymology words)
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