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Word entry · 6 letters

almond

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"Nut used in cookies"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈɑː.mənd/Part of speech nounSorted adlmnoStarts with AEnds with D2 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. An edible oval seed often used in sweets, baking, or nut mixes.

Word origin

Altered after almond from earlier Ammon, from Scottish Gaelic Àmain, from Proto-Brythonic *aβon (“river”). Doublet of Avon.

Used in a sentence

  • “In early March the almonds are in flower, delicately pink, and there are washes of bright daffodils beneath the orchard trees; you can see women gathering them for market.”
  • “I can't eat it if it has too much almond in it.”
  • “The next set are shorter, and are more contracted or acuminated at their posterior end, where they are contiguous to the almonds or tonsils.”

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01“Nut used in cookies”6 letters
02“Marzipan nut”6 letters

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