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nut-cutting time

nut-cutting time noun: the optimal time to gather nuts before they are seized by other animals or buried in snow.

Noun

nut-cutting time (uncountable)

  1. The optimal time to gather nuts before they are seized by other animals or buried in snow.
    • The desire to follow traditions of hunting squirrel in Tennessee during mulberry season in June, and nut-cutting time in September, when squirrels concentrate, [...].1951, Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science, volumes 26-27, page 20
  2. (idiomatic) Time to exert maximum effort, for example, due to an approaching deadline or a looming competitive situation.

Questions about nut-cutting time

What does nut-cutting time mean?
Nut-cutting time means the optimal time to gather nuts before they are seized by other animals or buried in snow.
What part of speech is nut-cutting time?
Nut-cutting time is a noun.

Words near nut-cutting time in the dictionary

  1. nut-brown
  2. nut-brown butter
  3. nut-case
  4. nut-cases
  5. nut-cut
  6. nut-cutting time
  7. nut-grass
  8. nut-grasses
  9. nut-head
  10. nut-heads
  11. nut-hook

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