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  • 21walnut — UK [ˈwɔːlnʌt] / US [ˈwɔlˌnʌt] noun Word forms walnut : singular walnut plural walnuts [countable] a tree that produces nuts and wood a) [countable] a nut you can eat that has a knobbly surface (= covered in small round lumps) inside a hard round… …

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  • 22walnut — 1. noun /ˈwɑlnət,ˈwɔːlnʌt/ a) A hardwood tree of the genus Juglans. b) The nut of the walnut tree. 2. adjective /ˈwɑlnət,ˈwɔːlnʌt/ (colour) Having a dark brown …

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  • 23walnut — wal•nut [[t]ˈwɔlˌnʌt, nət[/t]] n. 1) pln the edible nut of trees of the genus Juglans, of the North Temperate Zone 2) pln the tree itself 3) fur bot the wood of this tree, used in making furniture 4) a somewhat reddish shade of brown, as that of… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 24walnut — n. 1 any tree of the genus Juglans, having aromatic leaves and drooping catkins. 2 the nut of this tree containing an edible kernel in two half shells shaped like boats. 3 the timber of the walnut tree used in cabinet making. Etymology: OE walh… …

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  • 25walnut — wal|nut [ wɔl,nʌt ] noun count a tree that produces nuts and wood a. count a nut you can eat that has a KNOBBY surface (=covered in small round lumps) inside a hard round shell b. uncount the wood of a walnut tree that is used for making… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 26walnut — [ˈwɔːlnʌt] noun 1) [C] a nut you can eat that has a hard round shell 2) [C/U] the tree that this nut grows on, or the wood of a walnut tree …

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  • 27tree — see as a tree falls, so shall it lie the tree is known by its fruit the apple never falls far from the tree he that would eat the fruit must climb the tree when the last tree is cut down, the last fish eaten, and the last stream poisoned, you… …

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  • 28walnut — see a woman, a dog, and a walnut tree, the more you beat them the better they be walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs …

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  • 29Walnut — Wal nut, n. [OE. walnot, AS. wealh hnutu a Welsh or foreign nut, a walnut; wealh foreign, strange, n., a Welshman, Celt (akin to OHG. Walh, properly, a Celt, from the name of a Celtic tribe, in L. Volcae) + hnutu a nut; akin to D. walnoot, G.… …

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  • 30Walnut brown — Walnut Wal nut, n. [OE. walnot, AS. wealh hnutu a Welsh or foreign nut, a walnut; wealh foreign, strange, n., a Welshman, Celt (akin to OHG. Walh, properly, a Celt, from the name of a Celtic tribe, in L. Volcae) + hnutu a nut; akin to D. walnoot …

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