cashew
noun /ˈkæʃuː/, /kæˈʃuː/
/ˈkæʃuː/, /kæˈʃuː/
(also cashew nut)
- the small curved nut of the tropical American cashew tree, used in cooking and often eaten salted with alcoholic drinksTopics Foodc2
enlarge imageOxford Collocations DictionaryCashew is used before these nouns:- nut
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Portuguese, from Tupi-Guarani acajú, cajú.
