peanutnoun
uk/ˈpiː.nʌt/us/ˈpiː.nʌt/peanut noun (NUT)
B1 [ C ] UK also groundnut an oval-shaped nut that grows underground in pairs inside a thin brown shell:
peanut/groundnut oil
salted/dry-roast(ed) peanuts
More examples
- I'm allergic to peanuts.
- Children can choke on peanuts.
- We watched her munch her way through two packets of peanuts.
- Have you got some peanuts for us to nibble while the party warms up?
- We need a few munchies - some peanuts and crackers.
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Types of edible nut
- almond
- Brazil nut
- cashew
- chestnut
- cobnut
- filbert
- groundnut
- hazelnut
- hickory
- macadamia
- nut
- pecan
- pistachio
- walnut
peanut noun (LITTLE MONEY)
peanuts [ plural ] informal
something so small it is not worth considering, especially an amount of money:
They pay people peanuts in that organization.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Scarce, inadequate and not enough
- be at a premium idiom
- be thin on the ground idiom
- dearth
- deficiency
- deficient
- gold dust
- lacking
- late
- long on sth and short on sth idiom
- lousy
- meagre
- measly
- nearly
- rare
- scarce
- scarcity
- shortage
- shortfall
- sparse
- thin
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Small amounts of money