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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
1A2L3M4O5N6D

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

01Nut used in cookies6 letters
02Marzipan nut6 letters

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