Meanings
nounbeechnut (plural beechnuts)
plural beechnuts · alternative beech nut
- The small, triangular, edible nut of the beech tree.
The cultivated harvest in the fields was matched by the woodland ‘mast’ of beechnuts, acorns, chestnuts, and other fruits of the forest.
1999, Robert Lacey, Danny Danziger, The Year 1000: What life was like at the turn of The First Millennium, London: Abacus, published 2000, page 134Synonyms: beech mast
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe small, triangular, edible nut of the beech tree.
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Translations
Basque pagatxa
- pagatxanut of the beech tree
Bulgarian буков жълъд
- буков жълъд (bukov žălăd)nut of the beech tree
Catalan faja
- fajanut of the beech tree
Czech bukvice
- bukvicenut of the beech tree
Danish bog
- bognut of the beech tree
Dutch beukennootje
- beukennootjenut of the beech tree
Esperanto fagonukso
- fagonuksonut of the beech tree
Finnish pyökinpähkinä
- pyökinpähkinänut of the beech tree
French faine, faîne
- fainenut of the beech tree
- faînenut of the beech tree
German Buchecker
- Bucheckernut of the beech tree
Hungarian bükkmakk
- bükkmakknut of the beech tree
Italian faggiola, faggina
- faggiolanut of the beech tree
- fagginanut of the beech tree
Polish orzeszek bukowy, orzeszek buczynowy
- orzeszek bukowynut of the beech tree
- orzeszek buczynowynut of the beech tree
- bukiewnut of the beech tree
- buczynanut of the beech tree
Romanian jir
- jirnut of the beech tree
Russian бу́ковый оре́х
- бу́ковый оре́х (búkovyj oréx)nut of the beech tree
Slovak bukvica
- bukvicanut of the beech tree
Spanish hayuco
- hayuconut of the beech tree
Swedish bokollon
- bokollonnut of the beech tree
Turkish kayın ağacı meyvesi
- kayın ağacı meyvesinut of the beech tree
Welsh cneuen ffawydd
- cneuen ffawyddnut of the beech tree
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APA
beechnut. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beechnut
MLA
“beechnut.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beechnut. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beechnut,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beechnut.
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