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nutty

nutty

12 3.0
Having a taste like almonds or other nuts
  • adjective
  • /ˈnʌti/
translation icon : con sabor a nuez
  • But the way Nuala cooked them, with wine, onions, and oatmeal, gave them an agreeable nutty taste.
  • nutty flavor

The smell is intensely nutty, like toasted hazelnuts.

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Examples

  • Cook, undisturbed, until the foam subsides and the butter is a deep brown and smells nutty.

    Blog text (4)
  • It had lost some of its nutty flavor, right?

  • You like that nutty taste in your mouth?

  • Oh, it's nutty and dark.

  • Not bad, actually, kind of like nutty chicken.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • I mean, this nutty cheese is the way to go.

  • Most people prefer the smoked taste to the raw nutty flavor.

    Blog text (28)
  • The smell is intensely nutty, like toasted hazelnuts.

  • The rice has the wonderful nutty flavor that I've come to expect, but it is lighter and fluffier than any wild rice I've ever eaten.

    Academic text (1998)
  • The soup had a delightful, nutty flavor thanks to the addition of toasted almonds.

Synonyms

nutlike
vsnutty
3.7

Having a taste like nuts such as almonds

is identical in taste but differs mainly in word form
almondy
vsnutty
4.9

Having a taste or smell like almonds

is narrower, referring to a single nut rather than all nuts

Antonyms

23 2.0

Food that has a very weak taste and little or no strong flavor

11 2.6

Having little or no flavor when you eat it

Idioms

1 9.0

Very strange and silly in a way that seems crazy

How Nutty

rich
73 3.0
nutty
12 3.0
toasty
3 2.4
subtle
276 6.0

Surface Forms

nutty positive
nuttier comparative
nuttiest superlative

Morphology

nutty = nut (transparent) = nut + ty

The word 'nutty' is transparently derived from 'nut' with the suffix '-ty', indicating a quality or characteristic related to nuts.

Etymology

Nutty comes from nut plus the ending -y, which means 'full of' or 'having'. So a food called 'nutty' simply tastes like or reminds you of nuts.