peanut B1 Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈpiˌnʌt/ UK /ˈpiːnʌt/ See IPA manual Freq #5673 Meanings 1 noun A small oval nut that grows in a pod underground, often eaten roasted or made into butter. She ate a handful of salted peanuts while watching the film. 2 adj Very small or unimportant. They paid him a peanut salary for all that hard work. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a small oval nut that grows... earthnutgoobergroundnutmonkey nut 2 adj · very small or unimportant. insignificant More pinder Word family Forms peanuts Derived forms chocnutpeanutlesspeanutlikepeanutty Common collocations peanut butter Noun + noun Etymology AI details From pea + nut, perhaps a folk etymology of pinda, pinder (still found in Southern US dialects). Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # peanut **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun, adj **IPA (US):** /ˈpiˌnʌt/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈpiːnʌt/ **Frequency rank:** 5673 ## Meanings 1. A small oval nut that grows in a pod underground, often eaten roasted or made into butter. 2. Very small or unimportant. ## Examples - She ate a handful of salted peanuts while watching the film. - They paid him a peanut salary for all that hard work. ## Synonyms - goober - pinder ## Derived Forms - chocnut - peanutless - peanutlike - peanutty ## Etymology From pea + nut, perhaps a folk etymology of pinda, pinder (still found in Southern US dialects). ## AI Etymology Peanut comes from pea + nut, perhaps a folk etymology of pinda, pinder (still found in Southern US dialects). Modern senses include a small oval nut that grows in a pod underground, often eaten roasted or made into butter and very small or unimportant. The wider word family includes derivatives such as chocnut, peanutless, peanutlike, and peanutty. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown