walnut-shell

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• walnut shell — noun 1. : the shell or half shell of a walnut 2. : a very light boat nursed our walnut shell tenderly over their crests Erskine Childers …   Useful english dictionary

• Walnut Shell Hotel — (Стамбул,Турция) Категория отеля: Адрес: Kucuk Ayasofya Mah. Aksakal Sok. No:22 …   Каталог отелей

• walnut-shell — …   Useful english dictionary

• Walnut — Taxobox name = Walnuts image width = 250px image caption = Persian Walnut, Juglans regia regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Fagales familia = Juglandaceae genus = Juglans genus authority = L. subdivision ranks …   Wikipedia

• walnut — ► NOUN 1) an edible wrinkled nut enclosed by a hard round shell. 2) the tree which produces this nut, a source of valuable ornamental wood. ORIGIN Old English, from a compound meaning foreign nut …   English terms dictionary

• shell game — shell′ game n. 1) gam a swindling game in which a small object is supposedly hidden under one of three walnut shells or the like and bets are made 2) any swindle or fraud • Etymology: 1885–90, amer …   From formal English to slang

• Shell game — For other uses, see Shell game (disambiguation). An illegal shell game performed with bottle caps on Fulton Street in New York City The shell game (also known as Thimblerig, Three shells and a pea, the old army game) is portrayed as a gambling… …   Wikipedia

• Walnut Creek, California — Infobox Settlement official name = Walnut Creek, California settlement type = City nickname = The Creek, Dub C mapsize = 250x200px map caption = Location of Walnut Creek within California subdivision type = Country subdivision name = United… …   Wikipedia

• walnut — [[t]wɔ͟ːlnʌt[/t]] walnuts 1) N VAR Walnuts are edible nuts which have a wrinkled shape and a hard round shell that is light brown in colour. ...chopped walnuts. 2) N VAR A walnut tree or a walnut is a tree on which walnuts grow. N UNCOUNT Walnut… …   English dictionary

• shell — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 on eggs/nuts/some animals ADJECTIVE ▪ empty, hard, outer, protective, thick ▪ She had built up a protective shell around herself. (figurative) ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• shell — {{11}}shell (n.) O.E. sciell, scill, Anglian scell seashell, eggshell, related to O.E. scealu shell, husk, from P.Gmc. *skaljo divide, separate (Cf. W.Fris. skyl peel, rind, M.L.G. schelle pod, rind, egg shell, Goth. skalja tile ), with the… …   Etymology dictionary