Betekenis van nut In het Nederlands

• 0 the dry fruit of particular trees that grows in a hard shell and can often be eaten:

  • a Brazil/cashew nut

  • Sprinkle some roasted chopped nuts on top.

• 1 a small piece of metal with a hole in it through which you put a bolt:

  • Nuts and bolts are used to hold pieces of machinery together.

• 2 a person who is mentally ill:

  • He was a nut. An interesting, talented nut, but a nut all the same.

  • What kind of nut would leave a car on a railway track?

  • James is a tennis nut - he plays every day.

• 3 a person's head:

  • Come on, use your nut (= think clearly)!

• 4 the amount of money necessary to operate a business or cover your costs:

  • With two houses, three cars and child-support payments, he just couldn't meet his nut, even with a second job.

• 5 to hit someone or something with your head:

  • The guy turned round and nutted him.

• 6 the dry fruit of some trees, consisting of an edible seed within a hard, outer shell, or the seed itself

• 7 a small ring of metal that a bolt (= screw without a pointed end) can be screwed into to hold something in place:

  • a wing nut (= a nut with flat edges for turning)

• 8 a person who is crazy, foolish, or strange:

  • What kind of nut would leave a computer in his car overnight with the doors unlocked?

  • Joyce is a nut for antiques – we’ve got a house full of them.