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Word List: Nuts
- nut, nuts [nʌt]
(noun) - Definition:
- a hard-shelled seed
- Example:
- Sometimes I put nuts into my salad.
- walnut, walnuts [ˈwɑlnət]
(noun) - Definition:
- nuts that grow within a brown, outer husk
- Example:
- Do you like walnuts?
- hazelnut, hazelnuts ['heɪzəlnʌt]
(noun) - Definition:
- a cob that is roughly spherical to oval, about 15–25 mm long and 10–15 mm in diameter, with an outer fibrous husk surrounding a smooth shell
- Example:
- How about some walnuts or hazelnuts?
- peanut, peanuts [ˈpiːˌnʌt]
(noun) - Definition:
- a legume resembling a nut in a wrinkled shell, popularly eaten salted
- Example:
- I want peanut butter on my sandwich!
- chestnut, chestnuts [ˈtʃɛs.nʌt]
(noun) - Definition:
- a fruit that is contained in a spiny (very sharp) cupule 5–11 cm in diameter which is often paired or clustered on the branch and contains one to seven nuts
- Example:
- Let's go and collect some chestnuts!
- shell, shells [ʃɛl]
(noun) - Definition:
- the hard external covering of something, of a nut or an egg for example
- Example:
- Can you get the hazelnut out of its shell?
Source: http://www.learning-english-online.net/areas/vocabulary/private-life/food/nuts/
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