NUTCRACKER
Dictionary entry overview: What does nutcracker mean?
• NUTCRACKER (noun)
The noun NUTCRACKER has 3 senses:
1. a compound lever used to crack nuts open
2. any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects
3. speckled birds that feed on nuts
Familiarity information: NUTCRACKER used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• NUTCRACKER (noun)
Meaning:
A compound lever used to crack nuts open
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("nutcracker" is a kind of...):
compound lever (a pair of levers hinged at the fulcrum)
Meaning:
Any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
nuthatch; nutcracker
Hypernyms ("nutcracker" is a kind of...):
oscine; oscine bird (passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nutcracker"):
European nuthatch; Sitta europaea (a kind of nuthatch)
red-breasted nuthatch; Sitta canadensis (bluish-grey nuthatch with reddish breast; of northern coniferous forests)
Sitta carolinensis; white-breasted nuthatch (bluish-grey nuthatch with black head and white breast; of eastern North America)
Holonyms ("nutcracker" is a member of...):
family Sittidae; Sittidae (nuthatches)
Meaning:
Speckled birds that feed on nuts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("nutcracker" is a kind of...):
corvine bird (birds of the crow family)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nutcracker"):
common nutcracker; Nucifraga caryocatactes (Old World nutcracker)
Clark's nutcracker; Nucifraga columbiana (nutcracker of the western United States)
Holonyms ("nutcracker" is a member of...):
genus Nucifraga; Nucifraga (nutcrackers)
