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Chestnut

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Noun

1. chestnut

wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea

2. 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. chestnut

edible nut of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea

4. chestnut

the brown color of chestnuts

5. chestnut

a small horny callus on the inner surface of a horse's leg

6. chestnut

a dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse

Adjective

7. chestnut

(of hair or feathers) of a golden brown to reddish brown color

Example Sentences:
'a chestnut horse'
'chestnut hair'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Chestnut

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noun
1. 
any N temperate fagaceous tree of the genus Castanea, such as C. sativa (sweet or Spanish chestnut), which produce flowers in long catkins and nuts in a prickly bur
Compare horse chestnut, water chestnut, dwarf chestnut
2. 
the edible nut of any of these trees
3. 
the hard wood of any of these trees, used in making furniture, etc
4. 
a. 
a reddish-brown to brown colour
b. 
(as adjective)
chestnut hair
5. 
a horse of a yellow-brown or golden-brown colour
6. 
a small horny callus on the inner surface of a horse's leg
7. informal
an old or stale joke

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Chestnut

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noun
1. 
the smooth-shelled, sweet, edible nut of any of a genus (Castanea) of trees of the beech family
2. 
the tree that it grows on
3. 
the wood of this tree
4. 
horse chestnut
5. 
reddish brown
6. 
a reddish-brown horse
7. 
the hard callus on the inner side of a horse's leg
8.  US, Informal
a. 
an old, stale joke or phrase; cliché
b. 
a very familiar story, piece of music, etc. that is too often repeated
adjective
9. 
reddish-brown

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Chestnut

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n.
1.
a. Any of several deciduous trees of the genus Castanea native to northern temperate regions, having alternate simple toothed leaves, and nuts that are enclosed in a prickly husk.
b. The often edible nut of any of these trees.
c. The wood of any of these trees.
2. Any of several other plants, such as the horse chestnut.
3. A moderate to deep reddish brown.
4. A reddish-brown horse.
5. A small hard callus on the inner surface of a horse's foreleg.
6. An old, frequently repeated joke, story, or song.
adj.
Of a moderate to deep reddish brown.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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