Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The edible kernel of a nut.

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  • noun US The edible portion of a nut.

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Examples

  • You can crack a pecan by holding two of them together in the palm of your hand and squeezing until one of them breaks, and then you can pick out the nutmeat; you can easily get a quart of nutmeats in an evening of watching TV.

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  • I am told that they will be eating lobster pie, Grenadine of beef, and a sticky nutmeat pudding with vanilla bean ice cream to top it all off.

    CNN Transcript - Special Event: Bush Sworn in as 43rd President of the United States - January 20, 2001 2001

  • The truth was like a nutmeat protected by a tough shell of fact; and his job was to smash the resistant outer covering.

    Incubus Arensberg, Ann, 1937- 1999

  • She cracked those with her teeth, then extracted the sweet nutmeat.

    Doomstalker Cook, Glen 1985

  • The general cracked one between his front teeth, tossed the shell into a com - munal basket in the center of the long table, and gnawed on the nutmeat Soon the room was filled with sharp cracking noises and Hying shells.

    The Moment of the Magician Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1984

  • The general cracked one between his front teeth, tossed the shell into a com - munal basket in the center of the long table, and gnawed on the nutmeat Soon the room was filled with sharp cracking noises and Hying shells.

    The Moment Of The Magician Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1984

  • The general cracked one between his front teeth, tossed the shell into a com - munal basket in the center of the long table, and gnawed on the nutmeat Soon the room was filled with sharp cracking noises and Hying shells.

    The Moment Of The Magician Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1984

  • The general cracked one between his front teeth, tossed the shell into a com - munal basket in the center of the long table, and gnawed on the nutmeat Soon the room was filled with sharp cracking noises and Hying shells.

    The Moment of the Magician Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1984

  • Winter recipes: savory mushroom and nutmeat roast warms vegetarian cold-weather dining

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  • Winter recipes: savory mushroom and nutmeat roast warms vegetarian cold-weather dining

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