cobnut
- noun
- /ˈkɒbnʌt/
- UK
- I bought a bag of cobnuts at the farmer's market.
Examples
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The recipe calls for crushed cobnuts to add a unique flavor.
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The cobnut tree can grow quite tall.
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During autumn, baskets of cobnuts are sold at the local market.
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We picked fresh cobnuts from the trees in the garden.
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During autumn, baskets of cobnuts are sold at the local market.
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The recipe calls for crushed cobnuts to add a unique flavor.
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We picked fresh cobnuts from the trees in the garden.
Synonyms
A small round nut or the tree that makes it, often used in sweets and coffee
A small hazel tree or the round brown nuts it gives that you can eat
A shrub or small tree that produces edible round brown nuts
The edible nut from a hazel tree
A small tree or bush that grows edible nuts inside a leafy cover
A European tree that makes edible hazelnuts and useful wood
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word cobnut comes from cob + nut, where cob once meant 'round lump', as in 'corn on the cob'. So a cobnut is a round type of hazelnut that is grown for eating.