walnut
walnut
Definition
wal·nut (wôl′nut′, -nət)
noun
- any of a genus (Juglans) of trees of the walnut family, valued as shade trees, for their nuts, and for their wood, used in making furniture, paneling, etc.
- the edible nut of any of these trees, having a two-lobed seed
- their wood
- a shade of brown characteristic of the heartwood of the black walnut
Etymology: ME walnot < OE walhhnutu < wealh, foreign (see Welsh) + hnutu, nut
adjective
designating a family (Juglandaceae, order Juglandales) of dicotyledonous trees native to the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, including the black walnut, English walnut, pecan, and hickory
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Synonyms
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Synonyms
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n.
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Usage Examples
Converse of object
- chop: In the middle of the square pastry put some of the coarsely chopped walnuts.
- crack: Crows in Japan have been seen using cars to crack open walnuts.
- shell: Toast 50g ( 2oz ) shelled walnuts under a hot grill.
- add: Squeeze dry and then add the walnuts, garlic and butter.
- include: Comment Ultimately we want to know whether including walnuts in the diet can reduce cardiovascular disease.
- grow: Farmers across the South and East Anglia are also growing walnuts.
Adjective modifier
- pickled: At about 10pm we would have supper, cold ham, cheese and pickled walnuts and pickled red cabbage and pickled onions.
- black: Does anyone know or have experience growing bamboo within the ' kill zone ' of a black walnut?
- American: The bar is made of American walnut, with a marble mosaic frontage.
- solid: Also included is walnut faced plywood and solid walnut then laser cut for the smaller detail parts.
- English: The lower walls are paneled in English walnut above which they are lined with acoustic tiles.
- large: Meanwhile, place a bit of butter about the size of a large walnut in a clean frying pan.
Modifies a noun
- veneer: There is no frontal, just more of the walnut veneer familiar from the crossing.
- inlay: FINISHING TOUCHES Plots 1, 2 & 8 - 12 will feature flush ash veneered doors with diamond walnut inlay.
- dashboard: The walnut dashboard was completely intact, except that the radio was missing.
- loaf: I need to make a sponge, and I might try a banana and walnut loaf for melrose [ sorry Katy!
- paneling: She is mainly of teak with some walnut paneling.
- grove: The course is set in an idyllic rural French farmhouse surrounded by a walnut grove.
Noun used with modifier
walnut Quotes
Winter is for womenö The woman still at her knitting, At the cradle of Spanish walnut, Her body a bulb in the cold and too dumb to think.
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