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1. chestnut
adjective. ['ˈtʃɛˌsnət, ˈtʃɛstˌnət'] (of hair or feathers) of a golden brown to reddish brown color.
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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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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
6. chestnut
noun. ['ˈtʃɛˌsnət, ˈtʃɛstˌnət'] wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea.
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8. chestnut
noun. ['ˈtʃɛˌsnət, ˈtʃɛstˌnət'] a small horny callus on the inner surface of a horse's leg.
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9. chestnut
noun. ['ˈtʃɛˌsnət, ˈtʃɛstˌnət'] edible nut of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea.
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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.
Synonyms
- Ozark chinquapin
- eastern chinquapin
- chestnut tree
- sweet chestnut
- Castanea ozarkensis
- Allegheny chinkapin
- Castanea mollissima
- American chestnut
- Castanea pumila
- tree
- American sweet chestnut
- Spanish chestnut
- Ozark chinkapin
- genus Castanea
- Castanea
- chinquapin
- Castanea dentata
- Castanea crenata
- European chestnut
- Chinese chestnut
- Japanese chestnut
- dwarf chestnut