Definitions
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- adjective Resembling a
nut
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective resembling a nut in shape and size
- adjective having the flavor of nuts
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Examples
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Golden Wonder potatoes, yellow, fluffy, had a nutlike flavor; the swedes were fragrant, the moist orange flesh mashed with hand-churned butter; a simple, delicious, traditional west-coast meal.
A Small Death in the Great Glen A. D. Scott 2010
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It had a sweet, nutlike flavor, elusively familiar, tasting of anise and cinnamon.
Tran Siberian Michael J. Solender 2010
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While somewhat reticent aromatically, with airing it offers up honeyed tropical fruit, orange marmalade, pineapple, sweet crème brûlée, and buttered nutlike scents.
Investing in Liquid Assets David Sokolin 2008
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There was more rustling of bed linens, the sound of a drawer sliding open, glass clinking on glass, liquid being poured, and then a strange smell seeped out to the balcony: smoky and nutlike—it made me think of burnt chestnuts—a strange, dark aroma that was somehow bracing.
The Chef’s Apprentice Elle Newmark 2008
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There was more rustling of bed linens, the sound of a drawer sliding open, glass clinking on glass, liquid being poured, and then a strange smell seeped out to the balcony: smoky and nutlike—it made me think of burnt chestnuts—a strange, dark aroma that was somehow bracing.
The Book of Unholy Mischief Elle Newmark 2008
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There was more rustling of bed linens, the sound of a drawer sliding open, glass clinking on glass, liquid being poured, and then a strange smell seeped out to the balcony: smoky and nutlike—it made me think of burnt chestnuts—a strange, dark aroma that was somehow bracing.
The Chef’s Apprentice Elle Newmark 2008
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While somewhat reticent aromatically, with airing it offers up honeyed tropical fruit, orange marmalade, pineapple, sweet crème brûlée, and buttered nutlike scents.
Investing in Liquid Assets David Sokolin 2008
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There was more rustling of bed linens, the sound of a drawer sliding open, glass clinking on glass, liquid being poured, and then a strange smell seeped out to the balcony: smoky and nutlike—it made me think of burnt chestnuts—a strange, dark aroma that was somehow bracing.
The Book of Unholy Mischief Elle Newmark 2008
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There was more rustling of bed linens, the sound of a drawer sliding open, glass clinking on glass, liquid being poured, and then a strange smell seeped out to the balcony: smoky and nutlike—it made me think of burnt chestnuts—a strange, dark aroma that was somehow bracing.
The Book of Unholy Mischief Elle Newmark 2008
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The meat and shell crunched between his teeth, nutlike.
Deeper Jeff Long 2007
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