walnut
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- noun
- /ˈwɔːlnʌt/
:
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- That desk is solid walnut.
- walnut wood
She wanted brand new walnut paneling and brand new shag carpet.
- She wanted brand new walnut paneling and brand new shag carpet.
- So you came in here and you're like, I want white walnut, black counter.
- It's just the idea of how would it look if I combine brass with walnut and oak, You know, could I?
Examples
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The carpet was a slightly brighter ruby red, and walnut furniture offered rich shades of brown.
Fiction book (1990) -
It's entirely handcrafted from American walnut with a vintage retro aesthetic, and the craftsmanship on it is outstanding.
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The bed itself was dark walnut, as were the small tables on either side of the bed.
Fiction book (1991) -
I watched a load of black walnut slide past me onto the floor.
Fiction book (1998) -
If it were mine, I'd have walnut grips on it instead of those cheap plastic ones.
Fiction book (1992) -
Similarly, the wood in a walnut veneer piano is selected primarily for its natural beauty.
Academic text (1994) -
But later, when I tried to reread the manuscript spread out on the walnut table, my annoyance grew.
Fiction book (1993) -
The auctioneer rattled the bid, and the carved walnut sideboard went for fourteen hundred dollars.
Fiction book (2000) -
The car, made in England, had a burled walnut dashboard that shone like an expensive humidor.
Fiction book (2000) -
The furniture in the living room is crafted from beautiful walnut wood.
Synonyms
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A large tree from North America with dark hard wood and nuts you can eat
A North American tree with dark hard wood and nuts you can eat
A large tree from Europe and Asia grown for its edible nuts and dark strong wood
A tree from Europe and Asia that produces large edible nuts and hard attractive wood
A North American tree with light brown wood, edible nuts, and shells used for dye
A North American walnut tree with light brown wood, edible nuts, and bark used to make light brown dye
Compounds
A medium-sized tree from California with fragrant leaves and edible nuts
A tree from Europe and Asia that produces large edible nuts and hard attractive wood
A nut with a wrinkled two-part seed inside a hard thin shell used in cooking and baking
A tree from Europe and Asia that produces large edible nuts and wood used for furniture
- Specialized
A group of trees that includes walnuts, pecans, and hickories and makes edible nuts
- Specialized
A disease of walnut trees that makes dark, sunken spots on leaves, shoots, and nuts
- US
A North American tree with light brown wood, edible nuts, and shells used for dye
How Dark
Surface Forms
Etymology
Walnut comes from old English parts wealh and hnutu, meaning 'foreign' and 'nut', and the name later moved from the nut to the tree and its wood. So walnut wood is the hard, dark-brown wood that comes from the tree that makes the walnut nut.