different between pinder vs peanut

English

Etymology 1

Via Gullah from Kongo mpinda (“peanut”).

Alternative forms

• pindar, pinda

Noun

pinder (plural pinders)

1. (US, dialectal, especially Southern US) A peanut, the nut-like pod containing the edible seed(s) of a leguminous plant.
2. (US, dialectal, especially Southern US) The plant, Arachis hypogaea, that bears peanuts.

Etymology 2

From Middle English pindere, pyndere, pundere, pendere, from Old English *pyndere, from Old English pyndan (“pen up”), from pund (“pound, enclosure”). Equivalent to pend (“to pen”) +? -er.

Noun

pinder (plural pinders)

1. (obsolete) One who impounds; a poundkeeper.

References

• pinder in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Dneipr, Dniepr, pirned

English

Etymology

From pea +? nut.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: p?'n?t", IPA^(key): /?pi??n?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?pin?t/, /?pi?n?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

peanut (plural peanuts)

1. A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea.
2. (US) A very small clam.
3. See peanuts (“very small amount”).

Hypernyms

• earthnut, groundnut

Synonyms

• goober (Southern US slang), goober pea (dated Southern US), monkey nut (UK)

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• beer nut

Verb

peanut (third-person singular simple present peanuts, present participle peanutting, simple past and past participle peanutted)

1. (transitive) To pull on somebody's tie as a prank, causing the knot to tighten.

Further reading

• Arachis hypogaea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• peanut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• peanut at USDA Plants database
• peanut on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

Anagrams

• ante up, ante-up, untape

Danish

Etymology

From English peanut.

Noun

peanut c (singular definite peanutten, plural indefinite peanuts)

1. peanut

Inflection

Synonyms

• jordnød

Further reading

• “peanut” in Den Danske Ordbog