peanut

3 definitions • 3 examples

an oval-shaped seed of a plant, that grows underground in pairs inside a thin brown shell:

peanut/groundnut oil

salted/dry-roast(ed) peanuts

something so small it is not worth considering, especially an amount of money:

pay someone peanuts They pay people peanuts in that organization.

a small nut that grows in a shell under the ground