Chestnut Meaning and Definition

Word: Chestnut

How to pronounce: ˈʧesnʌt

Noun

Definitions:

1. A glossy brown nut that may be roasted and eaten.A deep reddish-brown color.A horse of a reddish-brown color, with a brown mane and tail.

Example sentences: "Some authors have suggested that their flavour and texture are comparable with those of the chestnut or cashew nut."

2. The large European tree that produces the edible chestnut, which develops within a bristly case, with serrated leaves and heavy timber.A related tree (C. dentata), which succumbed to a fungus bark disease in the early 1900s. Once prolific in the eastern US, very few large specimens survived.A related tree (C. mollissima) native to China and Korea, cultivated elsewhere for its edible nut. The flowers have a putrid odor.Used in names of trees and plants that are related to the sweet chestnut or that produce similar nuts, e.g., water chestnut.

Example sentences: "Greece originally introduced the chestnut tree to the rest of the European community."

3. A small horny patch on the inside of each of a horse's legs.

Synonyms:

chestnut tree

marron

buckeye

auburn

sorrel

maroon

brown

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Chestnut in Other Languages...

Spanish: Castaño

German: Kastanie

French: Châtaignier

Italian: Castagno

Turkish: Kestane