1. chestnut

adjective. ['ˈtʃɛˌsnət, ˈtʃɛstˌnət'] (of hair or feathers) of a golden brown to reddish brown color.

Rhymes with Chestnut

• chesnut
• chestnut
• coconut
• donut
• doughnut
• groundnut
• hazelnut
• hudnut
• peanut
• walnut

How do you pronounce chestnut?

Pronounce chestnut as ˈʧɛsˌnət.

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UK - How to pronounce chestnut in British English

Sentences with chestnut

1. Noun, singular or mass
It is smaller than the native American chestnut and often serves as a replacement for it.

2. Noun, plural
The Orrin, Nanking and Skookum variety of Chinese chestnut are best suited for Northern Illinois.

Quotes about chestnut

1. I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. Nothing else.
- Nikos Kazantzakis, Zorba the Greek

2. How simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. . . . All that is required to feel that here and now is happiness is a simple, frugal heart.
- Nikos Kazantzakis

2. chestnut-coloured

adjective. having the brown color of chestnuts.

3. chestnut-brown

adjective. (of hair or feathers) of brown tinged with chestnut.

4. chestnut-bark_disease

noun. a disease of American chestnut trees.

5. chestnut

noun. ['ˈtʃɛˌsnət, ˈtʃɛstˌnət'] the brown color of chestnuts.

6. chestnut

noun. ['ˈtʃɛˌsnət, ˈtʃɛstˌnət'] wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea.

7. chestnut

noun. ['ˈtʃɛˌsnət, ˈtʃɛstˌnət'] a dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse.

8. chestnut

noun. ['ˈtʃɛˌsnət, ˈtʃɛstˌnət'] a small horny callus on the inner surface of a horse's leg.

9. chestnut

noun. ['ˈtʃɛˌsnət, ˈtʃɛstˌnət'] edible nut of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea.

10. chestnut

noun. ['ˈtʃɛˌsnət, ˈtʃɛstˌnət'] any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur.