Definitions for walnut

walnut wal·nut

Spelling: [wawl-nuht, -nuh t]
IPA: /ˈwɔlˌnʌt, -nət/

Walnut is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 74 anagrams from letters in walnut (alntuw).

Definitions for walnut

noun

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

Origin of walnut

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

Examples for walnut

Before serving, rub down half a spoonful of flour with half a pint of good cream, and a piece of butter the size of a walnut.

Add two spoonfuls of any sort of gravy, one of soy or walnut ketchup, a little salt and cayenne, and a spoonful of port.

Gather the largest green gooseberries of the walnut kind, and slit the tops into four quarters, leaving the stalk end whole.

Although the reforms at walnut Street were successful, the population of Philadelphia and its criminals was exploding.

Then add as much boiling water as will reduce it to the consistence of cream, and a table-spoonful of ketchup or walnut pickle.

For one, did you know that the world-champion beard grower is a dude from walnut Creek, California?

The plate was bright with wear, and the walnut of the stock was battered and dull with age.

If one walnut is removed, each and every nut in the pile is shaken and disturbed.

When the day was through, he drove to his home in the walnut Hills section.

walnut bark makes the most permanent yellow dye for dyeing cloth of any of the vegetable substances used in this country.

Word Value for walnut
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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