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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)
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| Definition of 'chestnut' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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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"
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1. (noun) chestnut
a brownish-red nut, or a tree with these
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Webster Dictionary |
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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
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Sense: a reddish-brown nut (one type being edible).
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 Afrikaans: kastaiing |
 Arabic: كَسْتَناء |
 Bulgarian: кестен |
 Brazilian: castanha |
 Czech: kaštan |
 German: die Kastanie |
 Danish: kastanje |
 Greek: κάστανο |
 Estonian: kastan |
 Farsi: بلوط |
 Finnish: kastanja |
 French: chãtaigne |
 Hebrew: עַרמוֹן |
 Hindi: शाह बलूत |
 Croatian: kestenjaste boje |
 Hungarian: gesztenye |
 Indonesian: berangan |
 Icelandic: kastaníuhneta |
 Italian: castagna |
 Japanese: 栗の実 |
 Korean: 밤 |
 Lithuanian: kaštonas |
 Latvian: kastanis |
 Malay: buah berangan |
 Dutch: kastanje |
 Norwegian: kastanje |
 Polish: kasztan |
 Persian: بلوط |
 Pashto: يوډول ونه او دهغې ميوه: س |
 Portuguese: castanha |
 Romanian: castană |
 Russian: каштан |
 Slovak: gaštan |
 Slovenian: kostanj |
 Serbian: kesten |
 Swedish: kastanj, kastanjeträd |
 Thai: เกาลัด |
 Turkish: kestane ağacı |
 Taiwanese: 栗子 |
 Ukrainian: каштан |
 Urdu: ایک سرخی مائل بھورے چھلکے |
 Vietnamese: cây hạt dẻ |
 Chinese: 栗子 |
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