nutcracker

A noun referring to a tool or device, typically a compound lever, used for cracking nuts open; also refers to certain small songbirds with strong beaks that feed on nuts and insects.

• 🇷🇺Существительное, обозначающее инструмент или устройство, обычно рычажного типа, используемое для раскалывания орехов; также относится к некоторым мелким певчим птицам с крепкими клювами, питающимся орехами и насекомыми.

1. Tool for cracking nuts A2 formal

   A device, often a compound lever, used to break the hard shells of nuts.

   • He used a nutcracker to open the walnuts.
   • The antique nutcracker was beautifully carved.
   • She bought a stainless steel nutcracker for the holiday feast.

   🇷🇺Щипцы для орехов

2. Bird species B2 formal scientific

   Any of various small, short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak, known for feeding on small nuts and insects.

   • The nutcracker bird is often seen in coniferous forests.
   • Ornithologists study the feeding habits of the nutcracker.
   • A nutcracker perched on the branch, cracking a pine cone.

   🇷🇺Кедровка

3. Speckled nut-eating bird B2 formal scientific

   A type of bird with speckled plumage that primarily feeds on nuts.

   • The speckled nutcracker is native to mountainous regions.
   • We spotted a nutcracker gathering seeds in the meadow.
   • These birds store nuts in tree crevices for winter.

   🇷🇺Ореховка

• nutcrackers plural form
• nutcrackers' possessive plural form
• nutcracker's possessive singular form