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Definition of chestnut
1a : any of a genus (Castanea) of trees or shrubs of the beech family; especially : an American tree (C. dentata) that was formerly a dominant or codominant member of many deciduous forests of the eastern U.S. but has now been largely eliminated by the chestnut blight and seldom grows beyond the shrub or sapling stageb : the edible nut of a chestnutc : the wood of a chestnut
2 : a grayish to reddish brown
3 : horse chestnut
4 : a chestnut-colored animal; specifically : a horse having a body color of any shade of pure or reddish brown with mane, tail, and points of the same or a lighter shade — compare 2bay 1, 1sorrel 1
5 : a callosity on the inner side of the leg of the horse — see horse illustration
6a : an old joke or storyb : something (such as a musical piece or a saying) repeated to the point of staleness
From the M-W Editors
Examples of chestnut in a Sentence
an op-ed piece that's offers nothing but warmed-over chestnuts for solving the city's financial woes
Recent Examples of chestnut from the Web
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Chestnuts and Pearls Gallery. 157 E Main St., New Albany.
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BLUEMONT, Virginia - The slender young man with the chestnut tan and half-moon smile stepped back from the woodland path to let all 11 of us pass.
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For decades, environmentalists and forest experts have called for the planting of oaks, chestnuts, and cork trees and for restrictions on eucalyptus.
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The colors, too, were toned-down, but felt immediately like the hues of the season—and came with names like lettuce, mushroom, chestnut and plum.
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They were rendered thoughtfully in tonal colors such as ochre, sienna, dull green, chestnut and cadmium yellow.
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A decade ago, Groom explains, the museum acquired Earthly Paradise, a chestnut and pine cabinet decorated with symbolic figures by Gauguin and his protege Emile Bernard.
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The chestnut son of Candy Ride is 4-0-1 in six career starts at Churchill Downs.
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The chestnut colt led through more than a mile, but the final quarter-mile belonged to Tapwrit, who won by two lengths.
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Origin and Etymology of chestnut
Middle English chasteine, chesten chestnut tree, from Anglo-French chastein, chestain, from Latin castanea, from Greek kastanea
chestnut
Definition of chestnut
1 : of the color chestnut
2 : of, relating to, or resembling a chestnut
First Known Use of chestnut
1555
CHESTNUT Defined for English Language Learners
chestnut
playDefinition of chestnut for English Language Learners
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: a type of tree that produces large, sweet nuts that can be eaten
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: the nut of a chestnut tree
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: the wood of a chestnut tree
chestnut
Definition of chestnut for English Language Learners
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: of a reddish-brown color
CHESTNUT Defined for Kids
chestnut
playDefinition of chestnut for Students
1 : a sweet edible nut that grows in burs on a tree related to the beech
2 : a reddish brown
Medical Dictionary
chestnut
playMedical Definition of chestnut
1a: a tree or shrub of the genus Castanea (C. dentata) that is found in eastern North America and the leaf of which was formerly used to prepare an infusion for the treatment of whooping coughb: the edible nut of a chestnut
2: a callosity on the inner side of the leg of the horse
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