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nutmeat

nutmeat

3.7
The part inside a nut that you can eat
  • noun
  • /ˈnʌtˌmiːt/
translation icon : nuez
  • After cracking the hard shell, I enjoyed the delicious nutmeat inside.

Examples

  • You fill a whole bowl full, then you pound the nutmeats like this.

    Hansel and Gretel (1988)

  • The Republicans are letting the nutmeats loose just so they can show later that Romney is the voice of reason.

    Blog text (30)

  • In addition to high oil yields, coconuts can produce 3-4 tons per hectare of copra (nutmeat) and over two tons of oil.

    Blog text (1)

  • The chef added chopped nutmeat to the salad for extra flavor.

  • I bought a bag of mixed nuts and snacked on the rich nutmeat during the movie.

Synonyms

kernel
vsnutmeat
20 3.8

Edible part inside a seed, grain, or nut

is limited to the edible part found only inside nuts
meat
vsnutmeat
13 6.9

The edible inner part of a nut, seed, or fruit pit

refers specifically to the edible part inside a nut shell rather than any seed
edible seed
vsnutmeat
2.1

A small part of a plant that you can eat and use in cooking

is the inner edible portion inside a hard shell rather than the whole seed

Surface Forms

nutmeat singular
nutmeats plural

Morphology

nutmeat = nut + meat (transparent) = nut + meat

A straightforward compound in which 'nut' + 'meat' clearly denotes the edible kernel of a nut and can be inferred by learners who know the component words.

Etymology

Nutmeat combines nut and meat, where meat once meant 'food' or the soft, edible part of something, so nutmeat is the edible part inside a nut.