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• A nut is a type of hardware: a small, often hexagonal piece of metal, with a hole with internal screw thread, to be fitted onto a bolt which is inserted through holes of two or more objects, to attach these objects to each other.
• In rock climbing, a nut is a metal wedge used as protection.
• In Egyptian mythology, Nut is an alternate spelling for Nuit, (see Nuit).
• A nut is a derogative slang term for a crazy person.
• A nut is a small strip of hard material used to stop string vibrations on some stringed instruments. It is located at the upper end of a fingerboardThe fingerboard also known as a fretboard is a part of most stringed instruments. It is a thin, long strip of wood that is laminated to the front of the neck of an instrument and above which the strings run. In the playing of such an instrument, a musicia and, along with the bridgeStructure A bridge is a structure built so that a road, railway, or other transportation route can cross above an obstacle such as a river, valley, or another road. Card Game Bridge is also the name of a card game. There are three variants: contract bridg, defines the vibrating lengths of the strings.
• Nut is a slang term for a testicleThe testicles known medically as testes (singular testis , are the male generative glands in animals. Male mammals have two testicles, contained within an extension of the abdomen called the scrotum. Function Like the ovaries (to which they are homologous, most commonly used in the plural, occasionally as an exclamation of displeasure ("Aww, nuts.").
• In community card pokerProbably starting about the time of World War II, many modern poker games used community cards (also called "shared cards" or "widow cards"), which are cards dealt face up to the center of the table and shared by all players. In these games, each player i, having the "nuts" means having pocket cards that cannot be beaten given the current board (community cards).

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