Butternut is an English word with synonyms like walnut. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Butternut meaning
- A North American walnut tree, Juglans cinerea.
- The wood or bark of this walnut tree.
- The nut of this walnut tree.
Synonyms of Butternut
Using Butternut
- The main meaning on this page is: A North American walnut tree, Juglans cinerea. | The wood or bark of this walnut tree. | The nut of this walnut tree.
- Useful related words include: butternut tree, white walnut, juglans cinerea, walnut.
- In the example corpus, butternut often appears in combinations such as: butternut squash, the butternut, of butternut.
Context around Butternut
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Butternut
- In this selection, "butternut" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, roasted, accompanying, steamed, squash, pumpkin and skin stand out and add context to how "butternut" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and roasted butternut squash and and steamed butternut squash steam. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "butternut" sits close to words such as aapl, absolved and adaption, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with butternut
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Serve with the butternut squash and sage placed on top. (10 words)
He added: "Think about adding, another, vegetable like roasted butternut squash. (11 words)
She's not a fan of butternut but looooves a potato. (11 words)
The menu includes entrée selections like herb-crusted turkey with sage gravy and smoked prime rib; sides of potato hash, sausage-apple stuffing, and fresh cranberry sauce; and starters like butternut-squash soup and a farm-fresh salad. (38 words)
This vegetarian dish comprises a decadent filling of brie, butternut squash, carrots and pearl barley with rich mushroom duxelles, encased in all-butter puff pastry and beautifully hand-finished with a decorative lattice pastry topping. (35 words)
The menu includes butternut squash & sweet potato soup or a brie and cranberry tartlet for starter with a traditional Christmas dinner or nut roast with all the trimmings for the main course. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
She began by drizzling oil and seasoning over the butternut squash (referred to as butternut pumpkin in Australia and New Zealand) before roasting it in the oven.
For the butternut squash puree, place the butternut squash, stock cube and water in a pan and bring to the boil.
Cut the butternut (skin on) in half lengthwise and remove the seeds.
I love this idea of letting cubes of butternut squash nearly melt into congee, a simple rice porridge that goes by different names across cuisines.
Meanwhile, Kaaren cooked a butternut squash and apple soup starter, a fillet of pan fried Quantock venison with roasted vegetables followed by spiced cranberry and orange jelly.
Pile your plate at a buffet featuring roasted butternut squash soup, carved turkey, cornbread stuffing, smoked salmon salad, creamed corn and pecan pie.
Scatterings of pumpkin seeds brought a lovely, warming crunch while the accompanying butternut terrine was perfectly roasted and delicately balanced.
Serve with the butternut squash and sage placed on top.
Serve your roast pork with a green bean and mushroom medley and roasted butternut squash.
The shopper served the fish with frozen veggies, cubed and steamed butternut squash, steam bok choi and some more microwave rice.
This vegetarian dish comprises a decadent filling of brie, butternut squash, carrots and pearl barley with rich mushroom duxelles, encased in all-butter puff pastry and beautifully hand-finished with a decorative lattice pastry topping.
All activities are supervised and done in a safe, highly interactive format within the grounds of the Museum at 21 Butternut St in Lyons.
Butternut squash is loaded with beta-carotene, which our bodies can convert into vitamin A, instrumental for maintaining eye health, glowing skin, and robust immune function.
He added: "Think about adding, another, vegetable like roasted butternut squash.
I’ve even made this with cooked butternut and acorn squashes, and they worked great.
Many admitted they wouldn’t feed their pooch anything they wouldn’t eat themselves (Image: Butternut Box.
She's not a fan of butternut but looooves a potato.
She used local ingredients too, so it became a highland Mexican hybrid, with “chocolomo” venison stew, chilli beef, frijoles negros refritos, butternut squash/feta tamales and a salsa bar.
The menu includes butternut squash & sweet potato soup or a brie and cranberry tartlet for starter with a traditional Christmas dinner or nut roast with all the trimmings for the main course.
The menu includes entrée selections like herb-crusted turkey with sage gravy and smoked prime rib; sides of potato hash, sausage-apple stuffing, and fresh cranberry sauce; and starters like butternut-squash soup and a farm-fresh salad.
Common combinations with butternut
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- butternut squash 34×
- the butternut 8×
- of butternut 4×
- roasted butternut 4×
- cooked butternut 2×
- at butternut 2×
- butternut box 2×
- and butternut 2×
- corn butternut 2×
- including butternut 2×