What does "walnut" mean?
A hardwood tree of the genus Juglans.
Walnut
/ˈwɔːlnʌt/ adj, name, noun
adj, name, noun ·Moderate ·College level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A hardwood tree of the genus Juglans.
- Grammar: walnut is listed as adj, name, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: walnut tree, beige, brown, brunet.
- Useful contrasts: bleached, colorless, light.
- Usage evidence: Alex names objects, like "walnut," "paper" and "corn".
How to use "walnut"
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A hardwood tree of the genus Juglans. countable, uncountable
- 2 nut of any of various walnut trees having a wrinkled two-lobed seed with a hard shell wordnet
- 3 A nut of the walnut tree. countable, uncountable
- 4 any of various trees of the genus Juglans wordnet
- 5 Wood of the walnut tree. countable, uncountable
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- 6 hard dark-brown wood of any of various walnut trees; used especially for furniture and paneling wordnet
- 7 Dark brown colour, the colour of walnut wood. countable, uncountable
Adjective
- 1 Having a dark brown colour, the colour of walnut wood. not-comparable
Proper Noun
- 1 A number of places in the United States:; A city in Los Angeles County, California.
- 2 A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in Lumpkin County, Georgia, named for walnut trees.
- 3 A number of places in the United States:; A township and village therein, in Bureau County, Illinois.
- 4 A number of places in the United States:; A township and unincorporated community therein, in Marshall County, Indiana.
- 5 A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Pottawattamie County, Iowa.
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- 6 A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Crawford County, Kansas, named after Little Walnut Creek.
- 7 A number of places in the United States:; A town in Tippah County, Mississippi.
- 8 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Macon County, Missouri, named after Walnut Creek.
- 9 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Knox County, Nebraska, named for walnut trees.
- 10 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Madison County, North Carolina, named after the Walnut Mountains.
- 11 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Pickaway County, Ohio.
- 12 A number of places in the United States:; A number of other townships, listed under Walnut Township.
Example
"Alex names objects, like "walnut," "paper" and "corn"."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "walnut"?
Common synonyms include: walnut tree, beige, brown, brunet, chocolate, drab.
How do you use "walnut" in a sentence?
Alex names objects, like "walnut," "paper" and "corn".
How do you pronounce "walnut"?
Pronounced /ˈwɔːlnʌt/.
Etymology
From Middle English walnote, walnutte, walnotte, from Old English wealhhnutu (“walnut”, literally “foreign nut”), from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“foreigner”) + *hnuts (“nut”). Cognate with Dutch walnoot, German Walnuss, Swedish valnöt, Icelandic valhneta. Compare more recent term Welsh onion, which also uses Welsh to mean “foreign”.