Definition of "nutmeat" [nutmeat]

• The edible kernel of a nut. (noun)

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• "You can crack a pecan by holding two of them together in the palm of your hand and squeezing until one of them breaks, and then you can pick out the nutmeat; you can easily get a quart of nutmeats in an evening of watching TV."
• "I am told that they will be eating lobster pie, Grenadine of beef, and a sticky nutmeat pudding with vanilla bean ice cream to top it all off."
• "The truth was like a nutmeat protected by a tough shell of fact; and his job was to smash the resistant outer covering."