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US
/ˈtʃɛsˌnət, ˈtʃɛstˌnət/
]
[ UK /tʃˈɛstnʌt/ ]
[ UK /tʃˈɛstnʌt/ ]
NOUN
- the brown color of chestnuts
- a small horny callus on the inner surface of a horse's leg
- any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur
- wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea
- edible nut of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea
- a dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse
ADJECTIVE
-
(of hair or feathers) of a golden brown to reddish brown color
chestnut hair
a chestnut horse
How To Use chestnut In A Sentence
- We had engaged a very nice mare and stanhope, which we knew we could depend upon, when, the day before the race, the chestnut was declared lame, and not a presentable four-legged animal was to be hired in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846
- Barmbrack (currant tea bread) is a celebration of chestnuts and walnut harvests. Times, Sunday Times
- A delectable path, for example, runs up behind the cemetery, bordered by butterfly orchids and lithospermum and aristolochia and other plants worthy of better names; it winds aloft, under shady chestnuts, with views on either side. Alone
- The venison is good served with roasted parsnips, chestnuts or braised celery. Times, Sunday Times
- Peeples also purchased the second highest-priced yearling of the day when he bid $57,000 for a chestnut colt from the first crop of Just a Cat.
- There too, one May, I had identified a garden warbler singing hidden within a huge candled horse chestnut that spread its great branches across the road as if it were holding its own skirt. A Year on the Wing
- The parcel was in fact a huge piece of puff pasty filled with a rather creamy concoction of mushrooms and chestnuts.
- The cap is a chestnut brown colour with a cream margin. Times, Sunday Times
- The most commanding presence is the horse chestnut tree, often a massive green tower covered with bright white lanterns. Times, Sunday Times
- Photograph by Alexandre Bailhache Pleached hornbeam arches and chestnut pergolas create verdant alleys connecting one garden room to the next and provide shaded, secluded walks. Paradise Regained
