Meaning

6 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A North American walnut tree, Juglans cinerea.

    North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye

  2. (countable, uncountable)The wood or bark of this walnut tree.

    oily egg-shaped nut of an American tree of the walnut family

  3. (countable, uncountable)The nut of this walnut tree.

  4. (countable, uncountable)A dye made from the fruit of this walnut tree.

  5. (countable, uncountable)The souari nut.

    Butternuss, graue Walnuss

  6. (countable, uncountable)Butternut squash.

    He made a delicious butternut soup.

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Before it's cooked, butternut squash smells like melon.

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  2. Cut the butternut squash into one-inch cubes.

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  3. The butternut squash was to die for!

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  4. I like to add roasted butternut squash to Benedito's salad for some extra sweetness.

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  5. Butternut squash is a good source of manganese, potassium, and vitamins A, C, and E.

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Translations

4 languages
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By meaning 2
tree:
nut:

Origin

From butter + nut.

From butter + nut.

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Forms

plural: butternuts
Singularbutternut
Pluralbutternuts

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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