walnut

American  

[wawl-nuht, -nuht] / ˈwɔlˌnʌt, -nət /

noun

1. the edible nut of trees of the genus Juglans, of the North Temperate Zone.

2. the tree itself.

3. the wood of such a tree.

4. Northeastern U.S. the hickory nut.

5. any of various fruits or trees resembling the walnut.

6. a somewhat reddish shade of brown, as that of the heartwood of the black walnut tree.

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walnut British  

/ ˈwɔːlˌnʌt /

noun

1. any juglandaceous deciduous tree of the genus Juglans, of America, SE Europe, and Asia, esp J. regia, which is native to W Asia but introduced elsewhere. They have aromatic leaves and flowers in catkins and are grown for their edible nuts and for their wood

2. the nut of any of these trees, having a wrinkled two-lobed seed and a hard wrinkled shell

3. the wood of any of these trees, used in making furniture, panelling, etc

4. a light yellowish-brown colour

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adjective

1. made from the wood of a walnut tree

   a walnut table

2. of the colour walnut

Etymology

Origin of walnut

before 1050; Middle English; Old English wealh-hnutu literally, foreign nut; Welsh, nut

Example Sentences

The walnuts are soft and buttery and the sugar syrup oozes out, dripping down my chin.

From Literature

He’d eventually given up and stowed it in a walnut shell beneath his bed.

From Literature

About 70,000 tons of walnuts were on their way or about to be shipped to the region in the period leading up to and including Ramadan.

From Los Angeles Times

See’s Candies, founded in Los Angeles in 1921, makes a “St. Patrick’s Day potato” using divinity — a nougat-like, marshmallowy confection — mixed with walnut, coated in chocolate, and rolled in cocoa powder and cinnamon.

From Salon

It was a small walnut upright piano with a round swiveling stool.

From Literature