walnut
Syllables: wal·nutUK/ˈwɔːlnʌt//ˈwɔlnət/
walnut noun: a hardwood tree of the genus Juglans.
Noun
walnut (countable and uncountable, plural walnuts)
Adjective
walnut (not comparable)
Proper noun capitalized: Walnut
Walnut
- A city in Los Angeles County, California.
- A ghost town in Lumpkin County, Georgia, named for walnut trees.
- A township and village therein, in Bureau County, Illinois.
- A township and unincorporated community therein, in Marshall County, Indiana.
- A minor city in Pottawattamie County, Iowa.
- A minor city in Crawford County, Kansas, named after Little Walnut Creek.
- A town in Tippah County, Mississippi.
- An unincorporated community in Macon County, Missouri, named after Walnut Creek.
- An unincorporated community in Knox County, Nebraska, named for walnut trees.
- An unincorporated community in Madison County, North Carolina, named after the Walnut Mountains.
- An unincorporated community in Pickaway County, Ohio.
- A number of other townships, listed under Walnut Township.
walnut meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
walnut in Hindi
- tree
- अखरोट akhroṭ
- nut
- अखरोट akhroṭ
walnut in Tamil
- nut
- அக்கரோட்டு akkarōṭṭu
walnut in Marathi
- walnut, akhrot
- अखोड akhoḍ
walnut in Urdu
- nut
- اخروٹ axroṭ
More languagesFewer languages
- walnut in Bengali
- আখরোট akhorōṭ
- walnut in Telugu
- అక్రోటుకాయ akrōṭukāya
- walnut in Malayalam
- വാൽനട്ട്, വാൾനട്ട്
- walnut in Kannada
- ಅಕ್ರೋಟುಕಾಯಿ, ಅಕ್ರೋಡ, ಅಕ್ರೋಟದ ಮರ
- walnut in Punjabi
- ਅਖਰੋਟ akharoṭ
- walnut in Gujarati
- અખરોટ akhroṭ
- walnut in Odia
- ଅଖରୋଟ akharoṭa
- walnut in Sanskrit
- अक्षोट akṣoṭa
- walnut in Nepali
- अखरोट, अखरोटा, अखरोटका
- walnut in Pashto
- اکوړ akóṛ
- walnut in Tagalog
- nogales
- walnut in Arabic
- جَوْز jawz
- walnut in Malay
- walnat, pokok walnat, jauzah, akrot
- walnut in Persian
- گردو gerdu, گوز gowz, گردویی
- walnut in Vietnamese
- óc chó
Examples of walnut in a sentence
- Inshells are shipped in 50-pound sacks, while shelled walnut pieces are shipped in 25-pound bags'
- You'll need a hammer to crack a black walnut.
- The black walnut and the hickory nut, both of the same Genus as the pecan, have much thicker and harder shells than the pecan.
Forms of walnut
| plural | walnuts |
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Origin of walnut
From Middle English walnote, walnutte, walnotte, from Old English wealhhnutu (“walnut”, literally “foreign nut”), from Proto-Germanic *walhahnuts (literally “foreigner-nut”). Cognate with Dutch walnoot, German Walnuss, Swedish valnöt, Icelandic valhneta. Compare more recent term Welsh onion, which also uses Welsh to mean “foreign”.
Words formed from walnut
- African walnut
- Arizona black walnut
- Arizona walnut
- ash-leaved walnut
- black walnut
- Caucasian walnut
- common walnut
- English walnut
- European walnut
- Carpathian walnut
- Madeira walnut
- Persian walnut
- Queensland walnut
- royal walnut moth
- satin walnut
- sea walnut
- Walnut Creek
- Walnut Ridge
- walnutty
- walnuty
- white walnut
Phrases with walnut
Questions about walnut
- What does walnut mean?
- Walnut means a hardwood tree of the genus Juglans.
- What is walnut in Hindi?
- Walnut in Hindi is अखरोट (akhroṭ). See Walnut meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is walnut?
- Walnut can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce walnut?
- Walnut is pronounced /ˈwɔːlnʌt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of walnut?
- The plural of walnut is walnuts.
Words near walnut in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: walnut (page history and authors); Walnut (page history and authors); अखोड (Marathi) (page history and authors); walnut (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); walnut (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); અખરોટ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); walnut (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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