Word Image
plural: nuts
Part Of Speech
noun
Word Meaning
a hard-shelled dry fruit (as a peanut in the shell) or seed (as a Brazil nut) with an inner kernel; a dry one-seeded fruit (as an acorn, hazelnut, or chestnut) that has a woody outer layer and does not break open when it is ripe; a foolish, odd, or crazy person
Word Family
nutty
nutter
walnut
peanut
pignut
coconut
groundnut
chestnut
beechnut
hazelnut
nutshell
nutcase
nutmeg
nuthatch
nutcracker
nuthouse
nutmeat
Sentences
The squirrel cracked the nut and ate the meat inside.
Are you allergic to peanuts?
Chestnuts taste great when roasted over a fire.
Some nutcase was arrested for running out onto the field during the game.
She’s a real baseball nut and never misses a game.
My favorite nut is a coconut!
Nuts mainly grow on trees, but peanuts are known as groundnuts.
The cute little nuthatch twittered away while sitting in the tree.
Let’s buy some honey-roasted nuts for a snack.
In a nutshell, organic food has more nutrients.
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