nut-cracker

nut-crack·er

N n

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [nuht krak-er]
- /nʌt ˈkræk ər/
- /nʌt ˈkræk.ər/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [nuht krak-er]
- /nʌt ˈkræk ər/

Definitions of nut-cracker word

noun nut-cracker an instrument or device for cracking the shells of nuts. 1
noun nut-cracker any of several corvine birds of the genus Nucifraga that feed on nuts, as the common nutcracker, N. caryocatactes, of Europe and Clark's nutcracker, N. columbiana, of the western U.S. 1

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Origin of nut-cracker

First appearance:

before 1540

One of the 30% oldest English words

First recorded in 1540-50; nut + cracker

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Parts of speech for Nut-cracker

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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nut-cracker popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 61% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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