walnut

«walnut» in Mova's school dictionary: a nut with a wrinkly brown shell and a wrinkly seed… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

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 →

2) A walnut is the tree that grows these nuts. tree →

3) Walnut is the hard, dark brown wood of this tree, used to make furniture. tree →

sense 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 →
• The inside of a walnut looks like a tiny brain. tree →
• Grandad has an old walnut tree in his garden. tree →
• Mum put walnuts in the banana bread. tree →
• The desk is made of polished walnut. tree →
• Some children are allergic to walnuts, so check the label. tree →
• A Walnut-tree, which grew by the roadside, bore every year a plentiful crop of nuts. tree →

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.

In the corpora

• Crows in Japan drop walnuts at traffic lights for cars to crack, and crows can remember a human face for years.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «walnut» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.