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Nut

Pronunciation: /nuːt/

“Nut” is a German word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. groove, slit, slot; rabbet
  2. kerf

proper noun

  1. Nut

Etymology

From Middle High German nuot, from Old High German nuot (“groove”), from the root of Proto-Germanic *hnōjaną (“to smooth, join together”), from Proto-Indo-European *kneh₂- (compare Ancient Greek κνάω (knáō, “to scratch, scrape”), whence English acnestis).

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