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# walnut

noun (a walnut, walnuts; walnut — the wood, uncountable)

«walnut» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A walnut is a nut with a wrinkly brown shell and a wrinkly seed inside that looks a bit like a little brain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/walnut/#m1)
2. A walnut is the tree that grows these nuts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/walnut/#m2)
3. Walnut is the hard, dark brown wood of this tree, used to make furniture. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/walnut/#m3)

### In the lessons

In cooking (walnut cake, banana bread); in science (seeds, trees); in health and safety, nut allergies matter; in furniture and stories, a walnut table or desk.

### Examples

- I cracked the walnut with a nutcracker. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/walnut/#x1)
- The inside of a walnut looks like a tiny brain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/walnut/#x2)
- Grandad has an old walnut tree in his garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/walnut/#x3)
- Mum put walnuts in the banana bread. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/walnut/#x4)
- The desk is made of polished walnut. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/walnut/#x5)
- Some children are allergic to walnuts, so check the label. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/walnut/#x6)
- A Walnut-tree, which grew by the roadside, bore every year a plentiful crop of nuts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/walnut/#x7)

### Note

Countable for nuts and trees, uncountable for the wood. Safety: nut allergies can be very dangerous; never share nut snacks at school without asking.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «walnut» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/walnut/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«walnut» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/walnut.html) on Mova free.