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walnut

noun · adjective

Simple meaning

Nut of any of different walnut trees having a wrinkled two-lobed seed with a hard shell.

Pronunciation

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wawlnuht

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IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈwɔlnət

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Word Review

Definition

Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.

noun

  1. Nut of any of various walnut trees having a wrinkled two-lobed seed with a hard shell

  2. Hard dark-brown wood of any of various walnut trees; used especially for furniture and paneling

  3. A ghost town in Lumpkin County, Georgia, named for walnut trees.

  4. A minor city in Crawford County, Kansas, named after Little Walnut Creek.

  5. A minor city in Pottawattamie County, Iowa.

  6. A number of places in the United States

adjective

  1. Having a dark brown colour, the colour of walnut wood.

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
B1 · Intermediate (estimated)
Frequency
Moderately Common
Typical Use
Neutral / general English

Word Aura™

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Aura for this meaning

This meaning: Nut of any of various walnut trees having a wrinkled two-lobed seed with a hard shell

Used this way, walnut is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
Matter-of-fact
Usage feel
Neutral and straightforward

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More ways to use walnut

  • “I like to add chopped walnut pieces to my morning oatmeal.”

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Common Patterns and Combinations

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Nut / hard

walnut creekwalnut treewalnut grovewalnut wood

Number

large walnut

Other combinations

walnut oilwalnut hillwalnut table

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Word Family

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Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

  • walnut blightnounCompound term

    A disease of English walnut trees.

  • walnut familynounCompound term

    Trees having usually edible nuts: butternuts.

  • walnut oilnounCompound term

    Oil from walnuts.

  • walnut treenounCompound term

    Any of various trees of the genus Juglans.

  • black walnutnounCompound term

    North American walnut tree with hard dark wood and edible nut.

  • black walnut treenounCompound term

    North American walnut tree with hard dark wood and edible nut.

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