almond

[ ah-muhnd, am-uhnd; spelling pronunciation al-muhnd ]

noun

1. the nutlike kernel of the fruit of either of two trees, Prunus dulcis sweet almond or P. dulcis amara bitter almond, which grow in warm temperate regions.
2. the tree itself.
3. a delicate, pale tan.
4. anything shaped like an almond, especially an ornament.

adjective

1. of the color, taste, or shape of an almond.
2. made or flavored with almonds:

   almond cookies.

almond

/ ˈɑːmənd /

noun

1. a small widely cultivated rosaceous tree, Prunus amygdalus, that is native to W Asia and has pink flowers and a green fruit containing an edible nutlike seed
2. the oval-shaped nutlike edible seed of this plant, which has a yellowish-brown shell
3. modifier made of or containing almonds amygdalineamygdaloid

   almond cake

4. 1. a pale yellowish-brown colour
   2. ( as adjective )

      almond wallpaper

5. Also calledalmond green
   1. yellowish-green colour
   2. ( as adjective )

      an almond skirt

6. anything shaped like an almond nut

Other Words From

• almond·like almond·y adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of almond¹

1250–1300; Middle English almande < Old French (dial.) alemande, probably by transposition of -la < Late Latin amandula, with assimilative replacement of the unfamiliar cluster and adaptation to a known suffix, representing Latin amygdala < Greek amygdálē; replacing Old English amigdal < Latin

Word History and Origins

Origin of almond¹

C13: from Old French almande, from Medieval Latin amandula, from Latin amygdala, from Greek amugdalē

Example Sentences

I keep it simple with an almond butter and jam sandwich, usually on Trader Joe’s Super Grain and Seed bread.

From Outside Online

Central California’s temperate climate provides ideal conditions for the interdependent activities of raising bees and growing almonds.

From Popular-Science

Rice pudding strays from the nursery recipe with accents of quince and almond, and poundcake draped in a creamy lemon sauce goes architectural with poppy-seeded meringue tiles.

From Washington Post

Serve garnished with the remaining parsley, almonds, and sesame seeds.

From Outside Online

Monday for lunch, maybe a salad of warmed quinoa, tossed with some of the roasted vegetables, slivered almonds, slices of hard-boiled egg, and that dressing you made.

From Eater

This being a manifesto, there are a few moments when Almond sounds like a self-righteous crank.

From The Daily Beast

Steve Almond is the author of the new book Against Football.

From The Daily Beast

Order addictive roasted almond tea or Valrhona hot chocolate.

From The Daily Beast

Surrounding those chocolate-almond eyes was the creamiest skin in the world.

From The Daily Beast

Our parents both had almond eyes, almost Asian-looking, and yet our ancestry was Irish and German.

From The Daily Beast

It has been obtained for chemical examination, principally from peas and beans, and from the almond and oats.

From Project Gutenberg

Between Orgon and St. Canat we travelled in a road occasionally bordered by almond trees.

From Project Gutenberg

The three almond pastes contained from 30 to 40 per cent., one showing an addition of 11 per cent.

From Project Gutenberg

"An Almond for a parrot" seems to have been a proverb for the greatest temptation that could be put before a man.

From Project Gutenberg

The almond-tree is about the size of the peach-tree, which it much resembles in appearance.

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