peanut

B1 Topic:General Vocabulary

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... earthnutgoober groundnutmonkey nut

2 adj · very small or unimportant. insignificant

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Word family

Forms peanuts

Derived forms chocnutpeanutlesspeanutlikepeanutty

Appears in

Phrases (1)

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peanut butter
a thick spread made by grinding peanuts

Noun + noun

Proverbs (1)

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If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys

Etymology

From pea + nut, perhaps a folk etymology of pinda, pinder (still found in Southern US dialects).

Topics

General Vocabulary

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# 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
- General Vocabulary

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