0 a brown nut with deep wrinkles -- valnøtt [ masculine ]
1 a type of tree whose wood is used for making furniture etc. -- valnøtt(tre)
2 the nut produced by this tree. -- valnøtt
3 (also adjective) (of) the wood of the tree -- valnøtt-
a walnut table.
Because an elephant is the heaviest animal in the world it does not follow that it is the best instrument for cracking walnuts.
Are we not, once again, using a sledgehammer to crack a walnut?
Our income is the other half of the same walnut.
In order that the tree may grow big and strong, any tree man will tell you that you need both halves of the walnut.
In a sense that is a steam roller to crack a walnut.
I have had to do with hardwood for furniture—walnut, sycamore, chestnut and oak.
Why bring a sledgehammer to crack a walnut?
Whatever terms are used, today the relationship is much more that of the walnut being brutally crushed under the heel of the aggressor.
