almond : Idioms & Phrases


  • noun very rich cookie containing ground almonds; usually crescent-shaped
    almond cookie.
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almond crescent

  • noun very rich cookie containing ground almonds; usually crescent-shaped
    almond cookie.
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almond extract

  • noun flavoring made from almonds macerated in alcohol
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almond furnace

Al"mond fur`nace
Etymology
Prob. a corruption of Almain furnace, i. e., German furnace. See Almain.
Definitions
  1. A kind of furnace used in refining, to separate the metal from cinders and other foreign matter. Chambers.
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almond moth

  • noun a moth whose larvae feed on and mat together with webbing various stored products of vegetable origin
    Cadra cautella; fig moth.
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Almond oil

  • noun pale yellow fatty oil expressed from sweet or bitter almonds
    almond oil; expressed almond oil.
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  • fixed oil expressed from sweet or bitter almonds.
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Almond tree

  • noun any of several small bushy trees having pink or white blossoms and usually bearing nuts
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  • (Bot.), the tree bearing the almond.
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Almond willow

  • noun Old World willow with light green leaves cultivated for use in basketry
    black Hollander; Salix triandra; Salix amygdalina.
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  • (Bot.), a willow which has leaves that are of a light green on both sides; almond-leaved willow (Salix amygdalina). Shenstone.
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almond-eyed

  • adjective satellite having almond-shaped eyes
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almond-leaves willow

  • noun willow of the western United States with leaves like those of peach or almond trees
    peachleaf willow; Salix amygdaloides; peach-leaved willow.
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almond-scented

  • adjective satellite smelling of almond
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almond-shaped

  • adjective satellite shaped like an almond
    amygdaliform; amygdaloidal; amygdaloid.
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bitter almond

  • noun almond trees having white blossoms and poisonous nuts yielding an oil used for flavoring and for medicinal purposes
    Amygdalus communis amara; Prunus dulcis amara.
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bitter almond oil

  • noun pale yellow essential oil obtained from bitter almonds by distillation from almond cake or meal
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dwarf flowering almond

  • noun small Chinese shrub with smooth unfurrowed dark red fruit grown especially for its red or pink or white flowers
    Prunus glandulosa.
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dwarf russian almond

  • noun Asiatic shrub cultivated for its rosy red flowers
    Prunus tenella; dwarf Russian almond.
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earth almond

  • noun European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers
    chufa; yellow nutgrass; Cyperus esculentus; rush nut; earth almond.
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expressed almond oil

  • noun pale yellow fatty oil expressed from sweet or bitter almonds
    almond oil; expressed almond oil.
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flowering almond

  • noun deciduous Chinese shrub or small tree with often trilobed leaves grown for its pink-white flowers
    Prunus triloba.
  • noun woody oriental plant with smooth unfurrowed red fruit grown especially for its white or pale pink blossoms
    oriental bush cherry; Prunus japonica.
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ground almond

  • noun European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers
    chufa; yellow nutgrass; Cyperus esculentus; rush nut; earth almond.
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Imitation oil of bitter almonds

  • nitrobenzene.
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jordan almond

  • noun variety of large almond from Malaga, Spain; used in confectionery
  • noun an almond covered with a sugar coating that is hard and flavored and colored
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Oil of bitter almonds

  • a poisonous volatile oil obtained from bitter almonds by maceration and distillation; benzoic aldehyde.
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russian almond

  • noun Asiatic shrub cultivated for its rosy red flowers
    Prunus tenella; dwarf Russian almond.
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sweet almond

  • noun small bushy deciduous tree native to Asia and North Africa having pretty pink blossoms and highly prized edible nuts enclosed in a hard green hull; cultivated in southern Australia and California
    almond; Amygdalus communis; Prunus dulcis; Prunus amygdalus.
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sweet almond oil

  • noun pale yellow fatty oil expressed from sweet or bitter almonds
    almond oil; expressed almond oil.
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