nutshell

/หˆnสŒtสƒel/

IPA: /N AH1 T SH EH0 L/

noun
  1. 1

    The shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut.

  2. 2

    A short book summarizing an area of law.

verb
  1. 1

    To summarize (from the term in a nutshell).

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nutshell