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Wing nut Moderate

Wing nut has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

any tree of the genus Pterocarya; fruit is a small winged nutlet; Caucasus to southeastern Asia

2

a threaded nut with winglike projections for thumb and forefinger leverage in turning

3

A nut with wing-like projections to provide leverage in turning with thumb and forefinger.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
nut tree nut
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
Caucasian walnut
Rhyming Words
nut knut cnut wonut arnut donut allnut hognut lugnut cronut peanut yernut econut cobnut gumnut walnut pignut tefnut jarnut foxnut
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