butternut
pronunciation
How to pronounce butternut in British English:
UK [ˈbʌtənʌt]
How to pronounce butternut in American English:
US [ˈbʌtərnʌt]
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- Noun:
- North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts; source of a light-brown dye
- oily egg-shaped nut of an American tree of the walnut family
Word Origin
- butternut (n.)
- also butter-nut, 1753, nut of the white walnut, a North American tree; transferred to the tree itself from 1783. The nut's color was a brownish-gray, hence the word was used (1861) to describe the warm gray color of the Southern army uniforms in the American Civil War.
Example
- 1. You don 't get that with a butternut squash .
- 2. Pumpkin or butternut squash 150g ( prepared weight )
- 3. He was wearing the remains of his butternut trousers and one of gerald 's shirts , a shirt which in better times went only to court days and barbecues , a ruffled shirt which was far too short for its present owner .