Chestnut definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

Chestnuts are the reddish-brown nuts that grow on chestnut trees. You can eat chestnuts. 4. colour. Something that is chestnut ... EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Sentences Video LearnEnglish Videopronunciations Buildyourvocabulary Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Japanese Definitionof 'chestnut'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× chestnut (tʃesnʌt ) Wordforms:pluralchestnuts 1. countablenounAchestnutorchestnuttreeisatalltreewithbroadleaves. Chestnutisthewoodofthistree. 2. Seealsohorsechestnut 3. countablenoun Chestnutsarethereddish-brownnutsthatgrowonchestnuttrees.Youcaneatchestnuts. 4. colour Somethingthatischestnutisdarkreddish-brownincolour. ...awomanwithchestnuthair. ...achestnutmare. 5. Seeoldchestnut/hoarychestnut COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Imageof chestnut ©MathiasRosenthal,Shutterstock Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'chestnut' WordList'Horsecolours' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'cremant' HindiTranslationof'chestnut' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency chestnutinBritishEnglish (ˈtʃɛsˌnʌt ) noun1. anyNtemperatefagaceoustreeofthegenusCastanea,suchasC.sativa(sweetorSpanishchestnut),whichproduceflowersinlongcatkinsandnutsinapricklyburComparehorsechestnut,waterchestnut,dwarfchestnut 2. theediblenutofanyofthesetrees 3. thehardwoodofanyofthesetrees,usedinmakingfurniture,etc 4. a. areddish-browntobrowncolour b. (asadjective) chestnuthair 5. ahorseofayellow-brownorgolden-browncolour 6. asmallhornycallusontheinnersurfaceofahorse'sleg 7. informal anoldorstalejoke CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers WordoriginC16:fromearlierchestennut:chesten,fromOldFrenchchastaigne,fromLatincastanea,fromGreekkastanea WordFrequency chestnutinAmericanEnglish (ˈtʃɛsˌnʌt ;ˈtʃɛstˌnʌt ) noun1.  thesmooth-shelled,sweet,ediblenutofanyofagenus(Castanea)oftreesofthebeechfamily 2.  thetreethatitgrowson 3.  thewoodofthistree 4.  horsechestnut 5.  reddishbrown 6.  areddish-brownhorse 7.  thehardcallusontheinnersideofahorse'sleg 8. US,Informala.  anold,stalejokeorphrase;cliché b.  averyfamiliarstory,pieceofmusic,etc.thatistoooftenrepeated adjective9.  reddish-brown Idioms:pullsomeone'schestnutsoutofthefire Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. Wordorigin