beechnut

American  

[beech-nuht] / ˈbitʃˌnʌt /

noun

1. the small, triangular, edible nut of the beech.

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beechnut British  

/ ˈbiːtʃˌnʌt /

noun

1. the small brown triangular edible nut of the beech tree. Collectively, the nuts are often termed beech mast , esp when lying on the ground

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Etymology

Origin of beechnut

First recorded in 1730–40; beech + nut

Example Sentences

G. broke a front crown cracking a beechnut, there’s a black hole and he whistles when he talks.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 14, 2009

They stopped under the shade of a beechnut tree.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

As the beechnut contains considerable oil, many schemes have been set on foot, in European countries, for its extraction and use as a salad oil.

From The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States by Fuller, Andrew S.

I want also to suggest that Prof. Smith include among the nuts, the beechnut, because there's more meat in beechnuts for the amount of shell than any other nut we grow.

From Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Third Annual Meeting Lancaster, Pennsylvania, December 18 and 19, 1912 by Northern Nut Growers Association

Beechnuts are such a large part of the fall and winter food of the Redheads in some localities, that, like the gray squirrels, the birds are common in good beechnut winters and absent in others.

From Ohio Arbor Day 1913: Arbor and Bird Day Manual Issued for the Benefit of the Schools of our State by Clifton, Grace R.