walnut

CEFRB1

/ˈwɔːlnʌt/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A hard-shelled nut with a wrinkled edible inside.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A nut of the walnut tree.

Examples

  • Alex names objects, like "walnut," "paper" and "corn".

  • He cracked the walnut with his teeth.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Also pronounced

  • /ˈwɔlˌnʌt/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Wood of the walnut tree.

  2. A hardwood tree of the genus Juglans.

  3. Dark brown colour, the colour of walnut wood.

More examples

In context

  • A long-skirted, cabalistically-cut coat of a faded walnut tinge enveloped him; the overlapping sleeves of which were rolled up on his wrists.

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Origin

noun

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”.