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Nutcracker facts for kids

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A nutcracker with a functional design

A nutcracker is a mechanical device for cracking open the shells of nuts. Nutcrackers are usually made of a lever which squeezes the shell of a nut until it cracks open. The earliest use of the term "nutcracker" in English dates to 1481.

Images for kids

  • Nüsse mit Nusszange (Nussknacker) (11545246275)

    Lever nutcrackers with hazelnuts

  • Benutzung eines Nussknackers

    Using a Nutcracker

  • Notenkraker, Nutcracker and walnuts

    Screw nutcracker with walnuts

  • Heatmaster Crackerjack nutcracker 2

    A Crackerjack nutcracker, which uses a ratchet

  • Using crab cracker

    Cracking a crab claw

  • Nutcrackers

    A variety of figure nutcrackers

  • NutcrackerCollection

    A collection of fairy tale nutcrackers

  • Maurice Ascalon, Pal-Bell Nutcracker

    Decorative brass populuxe nutcracker by the industrial designer Maurice Ascalon

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Cascanueces para niños

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