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# peanut

«peanut» in Mova's school dictionary: **A small oval seed that grows in a shell under the ground…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a peanut, peanuts)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A small oval seed that grows in a shell under the ground and is eaten as a snack, roasted or salted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peanut/#m1)

2) "Peanuts" can also mean a very small amount of money: "He works for peanuts." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peanut/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life peanuts are eaten as snacks, in peanut butter and in sauces. In health and safety lessons peanuts matter because some people have a serious peanut allergy, so many schools are "nut-free". In science, the peanut is really a legume, like peas and beans, not a true nut. Phrases: peanut butter, peanut allergy, salted peanuts, for peanuts.

### examples

- I like peanut butter on toast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peanut/#x1)
- Elephants in cartoons eat peanuts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peanut/#x2)
- Leo has a peanut allergy, so he checks every label. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peanut/#x3)
- Our school is a nut-free zone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peanut/#x4)
- The peanut grows under the ground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peanut/#x5)
- We shared a bag of roasted peanuts at the game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peanut/#x6)
- She sold her old bike for peanuts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peanut/#x7)

### note

Countable: one peanut, many peanuts. The British also say "groundnut" or "monkey nut" for a peanut in its shell. Trap: a peanut is not a true nut but a legume, like a pea or a bean. Safety: a peanut allergy can be very dangerous, even from a tiny amount; never share food with someone who has an allergy, and tell an adult at once if someone has trouble breathing after eating. Whole peanuts can make small children choke.

### In the corpora

- [Mice prefer grains, seeds and sweet foods to cheese, so peanut butter works better in humane traps.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/228-cartoon-pets-and-animal-myths-put-right/8/)
- [Mice will eat cheese, but they prefer grains, seeds and sweet foods, so people baiting traps usually use peanut butter.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/237-animal-minds-what-dogs-and-cats-feel-and-understand-and-do-cats-really-chase-mice/9/)
- [Peanuts are seeds that grow in pods underground like peas and beans, and some people are badly allergic to them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/288-plants-we-eat-roots-stems-leaves-flowers-fruits-and-seeds/18/)
- [Many children grow out of milk and egg allergies; peanut and tree nut allergies more often last.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/13-hay-fever-allergies-and-epipens/14/)
- [Peanuts are not true nuts; they are legumes, like peas and beans, and their pods grow underground.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/31-friends-who-cling-to-a-legend/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «peanut» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peanut/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.