adj · name · noun · 20 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈwɔːlnʌt/
General-American:/ˈwɔlnət/
General-American:/ˈwɔlˌnʌt/
cot-caught-merger:/ˈwɑlnət/
cot-caught-merger:/ˈwɑlˌnʌt/
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adj
Meaning 1
Having a dark brown colour, the colour of walnut wood.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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name
Meaning 2
A number of places in the United States:
A city in Los Angeles County, California.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning 3
A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in Lumpkin County, Georgia, named for walnut trees.
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Meaning 4
A number of places in the United States:
A township and village therein, in Bureau County, Illinois.
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Meaning 5
A number of places in the United States:
A township and unincorporated community therein, in Marshall County, Indiana.
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Meaning 6
A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Pottawattamie County, Iowa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning 7
A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Crawford County, Kansas, named after Little Walnut Creek.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning 8
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Tippah County, Mississippi.
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Meaning 9
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Macon County, Missouri, named after Walnut Creek.
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Meaning 10
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Knox County, Nebraska, named for walnut trees.
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Meaning 11
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Madison County, North Carolina, named after the Walnut Mountains.
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Meaning 12
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Pickaway County, Ohio.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning 13
A number of places in the United States:
A number of other townships, listed under Walnut Township.
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noun
Meaning 14
A hardwood tree of the genus Juglans.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 15
A nut of the walnut tree.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 16
Wood of the walnut tree.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 17
Dark brown colour, the colour of walnut wood.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 18
nut of any of various walnut trees having a wrinkled two-lobed seed with a hard shell
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: edible nut
Narrower terms: black walnut, English walnut
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noun
Meaning 19
any of various trees of the genus Juglans
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: walnut tree
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Broader terms: nut tree
Narrower terms: California black walnut, Juglans californica, butternut, butternut tree, white walnut, Juglans cinerea, black walnut, black walnut tree, black hickory, Juglans nigra, English walnut, English walnut tree, Circassian walnut, Persian walnut, Juglans regia
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noun
Meaning 20
hard dark-brown wood of any of various walnut trees; used especially for furniture and paneling
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: wood
History
Etymology
From Middle English walnote, walnutte, walnotte, from Old English wealhhnutu (“walnut”, literally “foreign nut”), from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“foreigner”) + *hnuts (“nut”). Cognate with Dutch walnoot, German Walnuss, Swedish valnöt, Icelandic valhneta. Compare more recent term Welsh onion, which also uses Welsh to mean “foreign”.
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301 source translations are retained for this English entry.