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Word: Peanut
Speech Type: Noun
ˈpiːnʌt
the oval seed of a tropical South American plant, often roasted and salted and eaten as a snack or used to make oil or animal feed
Short Definition:oval seed of South American plant
Examples:- a bag of dry-roasted peanuts
the plant of the pea family that bears peanuts, which develop in pods that ripen underground.
Short Definition:plant that bears peanuts
a very small or inadequate sum of money
Short Definition:very small sum of money
Examples:- he pays peanuts
small pieces of styrofoam used as packing material.
Short Definition:small pieces of styrofoam
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