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 Definitions of chestnut  [ˈtʃɛsˌnʌt, -nət]  

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Definition of 'chestnut' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) chestnut
any of several tall trees of the genus Castanea, of the beech family, bearing edible nuts enclosed in a prickly bur, as C. sativa, of Europe, and C.dentata, an American tree virtually destroyed by chestnut blight.

2.  chestnut
the edible nut of such a tree.

3.  chestnut
the wood of any of these trees.

4.  chestnut
any fruit or tree resembling the chestnut, as the horse chestnut.

5.  chestnut
reddish brown.

6.  chestnut
a stale joke, anecdote, etc.

7.  chestnut
the callosity on the inner side of a horse's leg.

8.  chestnut
a horse having a reddish brown or brown body with mane and tail of the same or a lighter color.

9. (adj.) chestnut
reddish brown.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; earlier chesten nut, ME chesten, OE cysten chestnut tree (< L castanea < Gk kastanéa) +nut)

Definition of 'chestnut' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) chestnut
wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea

2. (noun) chestnut, chestnut tree
any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur

3. (noun) chestnut
edible nut of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea

4. (noun) chestnut
the brown color of chestnuts

5. (noun) chestnut
a small horny callus on the inner surface of a horse's leg

6. (adj) chestnut
a dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse

7. (adj) chestnut
(of hair or feathers) of a golden brown to reddish brown color
"a chestnut horse"; "chestnut hair"


Definition of 'chestnut' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) chestnut
a brownish-red nut, or a tree with these


Definition of 'chestnut' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) chestnut
of the color of a chestnut; of a reddish brown color; as, chestnut curls

2. (noun) chestnut
the edible nut of a forest tree (Castanea vesca) of Europe and America. Commonly two or more of the nuts grow in a prickly bur

3. (noun) chestnut
the tree itself, or its light, coarse-grained timber, used for ornamental work, furniture, etc

4. (noun) chestnut
a bright brown color, like that of the nut

5. (noun) chestnut
the horse chestnut (often so used in England)

6. (noun) chestnut
one of the round, or oval, horny plates on the inner sides of the legs of the horse, and allied animals

7. (noun) chestnut
an old joke or story


Translation of 'chestnut' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a reddish-brown nut (one type being edible).

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: kastaiing Arabic flag Arabic: كَسْتَناء Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: кестен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: castanha Czech flag Czech: kaštan German flag German: die Kastanie
Danish flag Danish: kastanje Greek flag Greek: κάστανο Estonian flag Estonian: kastan
Farsi flag Farsi: بلوط Finnish flag Finnish: kastanja French flag French: chãtaigne
Hebrew flag Hebrew: עַרמוֹן Hindi flag Hindi: शाह बलूत Croatian flag Croatian: kestenjaste boje
Hungarian flag Hungarian: gesztenye Indonesian flag Indonesian: berangan Icelandic flag Icelandic: kastaníuhneta
Italian flag Italian: castagna Japanese flag Japanese: 栗の実 Korean flag Korean: 
Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: kaštonas Latvian flag Latvian: kastanis Malay flag Malay: buah berangan
Dutch flag Dutch: kastanje Norwegian flag Norwegian: kastanje Polish flag Polish: kasztan
Persian flag Persian: بلوط Pashto flag Pashto: يوډول ونه او دهغې ميوه: س Portuguese flag Portuguese: castanha
Romanian flag Romanian: castană Russian flag Russian: каштан Slovak flag Slovak: gaštan
Slovenian flag Slovenian: kostanj Serbian flag Serbian: kesten Swedish flag Swedish: kastanj, kastanjeträd
Thai flag Thai: เกาลัด Turkish flag Turkish: kestane ağacı Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 栗子
Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: каштан Urdu flag Urdu: ایک سرخی مائل بھورے چھلکے Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: cây hạt dẻ
Chinese flag Chinese: 栗子

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