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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Related topics: Plants, Cooking, Colours, Animals
chestnutchest‧nut1 /ˈtʃesnʌt/ noun 1 [countable]HBPDFC a smooth red-brown nut that you can eat roast chestnuts2 (also chestnut tree) [countable]HBP the tree on which this nut grows3 [uncountable]CC a red-brown colour4 [countable]HBA a horse that is red-brown in colour5 → an old chestnut6 [countable]HBP a horse chestnut → water chestnut
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chestnut• High above, curved oak, spruce and chestnut grew beside giant magnolias.• Already, two mature horse chestnuts had been felled.• There's a big house at the end of an avenue of chestnuts.• I wave some smoke away and ask if he's selling roast chestnuts.• In the embers of the fire, David again roasted chestnuts for the now sunny-tempered Josh, until his bedtime.• He got up in his night-shirt and looked incredulously out at the twigs of the stately chestnut tree in front of the castle.• The chestnuts must be peeled first, which is a little time consuming but worth the effort.
Related topics: Colours
chestnutchestnut2 adjective CCred-brown in colour her chestnut hair
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chestnut• The chestnut colt stuck its head in through the open window to lick her hand with its warm tongue.• Her face was framed by chestnut curls.
Origin chestnut1 (1500-1600) chesten “chestnut tree” ((14-17 centuries)) (from Old French chasteigne, from Latin castanea, from Greek kastanea) + nut
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