WALNUT CREEK

Meaning of WALNUT CREEK in English

city, Contra Costa County, western California, U.S., in the San Ramon Valley. Settled in 1849 during the Gold Rush, it was first known as The Corners but was renamed (1860) for the abundance of walnut trees. The Central Pacific Railroad reached the town in 1878, and by 1914 an electric commuter line connected the city with Oakland, 13 mi (5 km) southwest. Walnut Creek is the commercial and shipping centre for nearby agricultural (fruit, walnuts) and industrial areas. Inc. 1914. Pop. (1990) 60,569.

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WALNUT CREEK — geographical name city W California E of Berkeley population 64,296
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WALNUT CREEK — a town in W California. 53,643.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WALNUT CREEK — city W California E of Berkeley population 64,296
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WALNUT CREEK — Function: geographical name city W Calif. E of Berkeley pop 64,296
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
WALNUT CREEK — Classification: Village Located in: North Carolina (NC) Total Population (2000): 859 Total Housing Units (2000): 332 Land Area (square meters): …
U.S. Gazetteer English vocabulary
WALNUT CREEK — Classification: City Located in: California (CA) Total Population (2000): 64296 Total Housing Units (2000): 31425 Land Area (square meters): 51562398 …
U.S. Gazetteer English vocabulary
WALNUT CREEK — Уолнат-Крик Город на севере центральной части штата Калифорния, в 19 км к северо-востоку от г. Окленда, в долине Сан-Рамон [San Ramon …
WALNUT CREEK — Уолнат-Крик Город на севере центральной части штата Калифорния, в 19 км к северо-востоку от г. Окленда, в долине Сан-Рамон [San …
WALNUT — nuce; (tree) juglande, nuciero
English interlingue dictionary
WALNUT — nuwes
English-Visayan vocabulary
WALNUT — geographical name city SW California E of Los Angeles population 30,004
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WALNUT — Any of about 20 species of deciduous tree s in the genus Juglans , family Juglandaceae. Black walnut ( J. …
Английский словарь Британика
CREEK — or Muscogee A loose and shifting confederation of groups that once occupied much of the Georgia and Alabama flatlands, the …
Английский словарь Британика
CREEK — I. ˈkrēk, ˈkrik — ˈkrik is less frequent in the South than in the rest of the US and less …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WALNUT — ˈwȯl(ˌ)nət, usu -əd.+V noun Etymology: Middle English walnot, from Old English wealhhnutu, literally, foreign nut, from Wealh Welshman, foreigner + …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WALNUT — (n.) The fruit or nut of any tree of the genus Juglans; also, the tree, and its timber. The seven …
Английский словарь Webster
WALNUT — /wawl"nut', -neuht/ , n. 1. the edible nut of trees of the genus Juglans, of the North Temperate Zone. Cf. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CREEK — /kreek/ , n. , pl. Creeks , ( esp. collectively ) Creek . 1. a member of a confederacy of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CREEK — /kreek, krik/ , n. 1. U.S., Canada, and Australia. a stream smaller than a river. 2. a stream or channel …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WALNUT — n. large shady deciduous tree cultivated for its nuts and wood; nut of the walnut tree which is encased in …
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WALNUT — noun Etymology: Middle English walnot, from Old English wealhhnutu, literally, foreign nut, from Wealh Welshman, foreigner + hnutu nut — …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CREEK — noun Date: 1725 1. : an American Indian confederacy of peoples chiefly of Muskogean stock of Alabama, Georgia, and Florida …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CREEK — noun Etymology: Middle English crike, creke, from Old Norse -kriki bend Date: 13th century 1. chiefly British : a small …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CREEK — noun any turn or winding. 2. creek ·noun a stream of water smaller than a river and larger than a …
Webster English vocab
CREEK — [ kri:k ] ■ noun ( plural same) 1》 a member of a confederacy of American Indian peoples of the …
Concise Oxford English vocab
WALNUT — [wal.nut] n [ME walnot, fr. OE wealhhnutu, lit., foreign nut, fr. Wealh Welshman, foreigner + hnutu nut--more at welsh, nut] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CREEK — [creek] n [ME crike, creke, fr. ON -kriki bend] (13c) 1 chiefly Brit: a small inlet or bay narrower and …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WALNUT — any of about 20 species of deciduous trees constituting the genus Juglans of the family Juglandaceae, native to North and …
Britannica English vocabulary
CREEK — Muskogean-speaking North American Indian tribe that originally occupied a huge expanse of the flatlands of Georgia and Alabama. Their economy …
Britannica English vocabulary
WALNUT — walnut BrE AmE ˈwɔːl nʌt ˈwɑːl- ▷ walnut|s s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CREEK — Creek BrE AmE kriːk (= creak) ▷ Creeks kriːks
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CREEK — creek BrE AmE kriːk krɪk — Preference poll, American English: kriːk 98%, krɪk 2%. ▷ creeks kriːks krɪks
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WALNUT — / ˈwɔːlnʌt; NAmE / noun 1. [ C ] the light brown nut of the walnut tree that has a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CREEK — / kriːk; NAmE / noun 1. ( BrE ) a narrow area of water where the sea flows into the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CREEK — / kriːk/ noun ( pl. Creek or Creeks ) a member of a Native American people, many of whom now …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WALNUT — wal ‧ nut /ˈwɔːlnʌt $ ˈwɒːl-/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: wealhhnutu , from Wealh 'Welsh …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CREEK — Creek BrE AmE noun 1 . the Creek [P] a Native American tribe from Georgia and Alabama in the US …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CREEK
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WALNUT — n. 1 any tree of the genus Juglans, having aromatic leaves and drooping catkins. 2 the nut of this tree …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CREEK — n. 1 Brit. a a small bay or harbour on a sea-coast. b a narrow inlet on a sea-coast or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WALNUT — n. 1 any tree of the genus Juglans, having aromatic leaves and drooping catkins. 2 the nut of this tree …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CREEK — n. 1 Brit. a a small bay or harbour on a sea-coast. b a narrow inlet on a sea-coast or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WALNUT — n.1 any tree of the genus Juglans, having aromatic leaves and drooping catkins. 2 the nut of this tree containing …
Oxford English vocab
CREEK — n.1 Brit. a a small bay or harbour on a sea-coast. b a narrow inlet on a sea-coast or in …
Oxford English vocab
WALNUT — ( walnuts) 1. Walnuts are edible nuts which have a wrinkled shape and a hard round shell that is light …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CREEK — ( creeks) 1. A creek is a narrow place where the sea comes a long way into the land. ( …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WALNUT — (~s) 1. Walnuts are edible nuts which have a wrinkled shape and a hard round shell that is light brown …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
CREEK — (~s) 1. A ~ is a narrow place where the sea comes a long way into the land. (BRIT) N-COUNT: …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
WALNUT — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES walnut/maple/oak etc veneer COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE black ▪ The dining table and chairs …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CREEK — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN bed ▪ We humans used the bridge, but of course, Sally had to negotiate …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WALNUT — [noun] - a slightly bitter-tasting nut with a series of folds in it and a hard shell, or (the expensive …
Cambridge English vocab
CREEK — [noun] [C] - (UK) a usually short narrow length of water flowing into a river, lake, sea, etc., or (US …
Cambridge English vocab
WALNUT — n. Any of about 20 species of deciduous tree s in the genus Juglans , family Juglandaceae. Black walnut ( …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CREEK — n. or Muscogee Muskogean -speaking North American Indian people living mainly in Oklahoma, U.S., but also in Georgia and Alabama. …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CREEK — See: UP THE CREEK or UP THE CREEK WITHOUT A PADDLE.
Slang English vocab
WALNUT — noun Walnut is used before these nouns: ↑ shell
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CREEK — noun ( AmE ) small stream ADJECTIVE ▪ tidal ▪ little , small VERB + CREEK ▪ cross CREEK + …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CREEK — n. 1 Brit inlet, bay, cove, harbour Overnight we moored in a little creek, sheltered from the sea 2 US …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
CREEK — See: UP THE CREEK or UP THE CREEK WITHOUT A PADDLE.
Словарь английских идиом
WALNUT — These nuts are native to Asia and grow on walnut trees inside green pods which turn brown and wood like …
English Dictionary Of Cooking And Food Terms
WALNUT — сущ. 1) грецкий орех 2) а) ореховое дерево б) древесина орехового дерева 3) красновато-коричневый цвет ∙ over the walnuts and …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WALNUT — walnut.ogg ʹwɔ:lnʌt n 1. 1> бот. орех грецкий ( Juglans spp. ) 2> грецкий орех shelled walnuts - грецкие орехи …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CREEK — creek.ogg kri:k n 1. небольшой залив или бухта; устье реки 2. преим. амер. рукав реки; приток; ручей, небольшая река up …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WALNUT — n 1. 1> бот. орех грецкий ( Juglans spp. ) 2> грецкий орех shelled walnuts - грецкие орехи без скорлупы …
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