walnut
Meaning of walnut
noun
- the large wrinkled edible seed of a deciduous tree, consisting of two halves contained within a hard shell which is enclosed in a green fruit.
- the tall tree which produces walnuts, with compound leaves and valuable ornamental timber that is used chiefly in cabinetmaking and gun stocks.
late Old English walh-hnutu, from a Germanic compound meaning ‘foreign nut’.
Information about walnut
- It is a name.
- The plural form of walnut is: walnuts.
- Languages in which walnut is used:
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Hyphenation of walnut
wal-nut
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- walnut is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Translation of walnut
- French: noix, noyer
- German: Walnuss, Nuss, Walnussbaum
- Italian: noce
- Spanish: nuez, nogal
- Portuguese: noz, nogueira-comum, nogueira
Anagrams of walnut
Words that rhyme with walnut
betelnut, hazelnut, oilnut, bullnut, gallnut
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