Peanuts are small nuts that grow under the ground. Peanuts are often eaten as a snack, especially roasted and salted.
...a packet of peanuts.
Add 2 tablespoons of peanut oil.
2. plural noun
If you say that a sum of money is peanuts, you mean that it is very small.
[informal, disapproval]
The cost was peanuts compared to a new kitchen.
The jobs they offer pay peanuts.
peanut in British English
(ˈpiːˌnʌt)
noun
a.
a leguminous plant, Arachis hypogaea, of tropical America: widely cultivated for its edible seeds. The seed pods are forced underground where they ripen
See also hog peanut
b. Also called: goober, goober pea or (Brit) groundnut or (Brit) monkey nut
the edible nutlike seed of this plant, used for food and as a source of oil
peanut in American English
(ˈpiˌnʌt; ˈpinət)
US
noun
1.
a spreading, annual vine (Arachis hypogaea) of the pea family, with yellow flowers and brittle pods ripening underground and containing one to three edible seeds
Edible oils, Oils used in perfume and medicine, sauce
In other languages
peanut
British English: peanut /ˈpiːˌnʌt/ NOUN
Peanuts are small nuts often eaten as a snack.
American English: peanut
Arabic: فُولٌ سُودَانِيّ
Brazilian Portuguese: amendoim
Chinese: 花生
Croatian: kikiriki
Czech: burský oříšek
Danish: jordnød
Dutch: pinda
European Spanish: cacahuete
Finnish: maapähkinä
French: cacahuète
German: Erdnuss
Greek: φιστίκι
Italian: nocciolina
Japanese: ピーナッツ
Korean: 땅콩
Norwegian: peanøtt
Polish: orzech ziemny
European Portuguese: amendoim
Romanian: alună
Russian: арахис
Latin American Spanish: cacahuate maní
Swedish: jordnöt
Thai: ถั่วลิสง
Turkish: yerfıstığı
Ukrainian: арахіс
Vietnamese: cây đậu phộng
All related terms of 'peanut'
hog peanut
a North American leguminous climbing plant, Amphicarpa bracteata, having fleshy curved one-seeded pods , which ripen in or on the ground
peanut oil
oil that is made from peanut seeds and used for cooking , in soaps , and in pharmaceutical products
peanut butter
Peanut butter is a brown paste made out of crushed peanuts which you can spread on bread and eat .
peanut allergy
a condition of being hypersensitive to peanuts and peanut substances which can lead to severe physical symptoms if peanuts or peanut substances are consumed
peanut gallery
a group of hecklers or critics , esp a group who are uneducated or uninformed about what they are criticizing