nutcracker
Sign in to savethumb|Using a nutcracker A nutcracker is a tool designed to open nuts by cracking their shells. There are many designs, including levers, screws, and ratchets. The lever version is also used for cracking lobster and crab shells.
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- Functions
- Alternative designs
- For crustaceans
- Decorative
- Other uses
- In animals
- References
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thumb|Using a nutcracker A nutcracker is a tool designed to open nuts by cracking their shells. There are many designs, including levers, screws, and ratchets. The lever version is also used for cracking lobster and crab shells.
A decorative version, a nutcracker doll, portrays a person whose mouth forms the jaws of the nutcracker.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “nutcracker” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.