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walnut

walnut

61 1.0
A hard-shelled nut with a wrinkled two-part inside that you eat
  • noun
  • /ˈwɔːlnʌt/
: nuez
  • The baker included chopped walnuts in the cookie dough for added flavor.
  • almonds and walnuts

You could probably break walnuts with this on a hard table.

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Examples

  • Well, this was my mother's walnut Crescent recipe from my childhood.

  • Rip open a plastic bag of mixed baby greens, throw in a few walnuts, some cherry tomatoes, and crumbled Gorgonzola.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • Well, who wants walnut milk?

  • Now to be honest, according to the ingredients it's super fine walnut powder.

  • You could probably break walnuts with this on a hard table.

  • You know why English walnuts are good for you.

  • You got a bunch of raw walnut halves and pieces.

  • We drank sweet wine and ate walnuts, bananas, and other fruit under the light of candles.

    Academic text (2003)
  • He sold walnuts wholesale.

  • To make a healthy snack, she tossed salad greens with walnuts and vinaigrette.

Synonyms

nut
vswalnut
324 1.0

A large hard seed with a shell that you can eat

is a specific tree seed with a wrinkled two-lobed shape
edible nut
vswalnut
1 2.0

A hard-shelled seed with an edible part inside, like an almond or walnut

is a specific tree seed with a wrinkled two-lobed shape

Compounds

3 4.3

A large tree from North America with dark hard wood and nuts you can eat

2 2.7

A tree that makes nuts you can eat and strong wood for furniture

1 2.9

A liquid taken from walnuts used for cooking and salad dressing

A nut with a wrinkled two-part seed inside a hard thin shell used in cooking and baking

A large tree from Europe and Asia grown for its edible nuts and dark strong wood

A North American tree with hard dark wood and edible nuts

1 7.2

A North American tree with light brown wood, edible nuts, and shells used for dye

A strong sweet drink from walnuts soaked in alcohol

A tree from Europe and Asia that produces large edible nuts and hard attractive wood

A tree that produces large edible nuts and hard brown wood

African walnut
  • South African
1 7.7

A tropical African tree with hard dark wood used for furniture

A tree from Europe and Asia that produces large edible nuts and wood used for furniture

A medium-sized tree from California with fragrant leaves and edible nuts

A medium-sized tree from the Caucasus with many branches and winged fruit

satin walnut
  • Specialized
8.0

A reddish-brown wood often used for furniture and flooring

walnut family
  • Specialized
5.4

A group of trees that includes walnuts, pecans, and hickories and makes edible nuts

walnut blight
  • Specialized
7.6

A disease of walnut trees that makes dark, sunken spots on leaves, shoots, and nuts

How Big

coconut
78 1.0
Brazil nut
3 2.5
walnut
61 1.0
hazelnut
24 1.0
almond
106 1.0

Surface Forms

walnut singular
walnuts plural

Etymology

Walnut comes from old English parts wealh and hnutu, which mean 'foreign' and 'nut'. People once called it a 'foreign nut' because the edible nut arrived from other lands, so walnut now means the nut we eat.