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Definitions for Chestnut

[1] any of the several deciduous trees constituting the genus Castanea, of the beech family, having toothed, oblong leaves and bearing edible nuts enclosed in a prickly bur, and including C. dentata (American chestnut) , which has been virtually destroyed by the chestnut blight, C. sativa (European chestnut) , C. mollissima (Chinese chestnut) , and C. crenata (Japanese chestnut) .
[2] the edible nut of such a tree.
[3] the wood of any of these trees.
[4] any fruit or tree resembling the chestnut, as the horse chestnut.
[5] reddish brown.
[6] an old or stale joke, anecdote, etc.
[7] the callosity on the inner side of the leg of a horse.
[8] a reddish-brown horse having the mane and tail of the same color. Compare bay5(def 2) .
[9] Also called liver chestnut. a horse of a solid, dark-brown color.
[10] being reddish-brown in color.
[11] (of food) containing or made with chestnuts: turkey with chestnut stuffing.
[12] pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire , to rescue someone from a difficulty.
[13] any N temperate fagaceous tree of the genus Castanea, such as C. sativa (sweet or Spanish chestnut ), which produce flowers in long catkins and nuts in a prickly bur Compare horse chestnut, water chestnut, dwarf chestnut
[14] the edible nut of any of these trees
[15] the hard wood of any of these trees, used in making furniture, etc
[16] a reddish-brown to brown colour (as adjective ) chestnut hair
[17] a horse of a yellow-brown or golden-brown colour
[18] a small horny callus on the inner surface of a horse's leg
[19] informal an old or stale joke

Words related to Chestnut

pun, humor, antic, farce, one-liner, trick, laugh, parody, gag, stunt, wisecrack, prank, banality, bromide, rose, flaming, maroon, glowing, cardinal, crimson

Words nearby Chestnut

chester white, chesterbed, chesterfield, chesterfieldian, chesterton, chestnut, chestnut blight, chestnut bottle, chestnut clam, chestnut coal, chestnut oak

Origin of Chestnut

1350–1400; 1880–85 for def 6 ; earlier chesten nut, Middle English chesten, Old English cysten chestnut tree (< Latin castanea < Greek kastanéa ) + nut

Other words from Chestnut

chest·nut·ty , adjective

Word origin for Chestnut

C16: from earlier chesten nut: chesten, from Old French chastaigne, from Latin castanea, from Greek kastanea

Synonyms for Chestnut

burnished, copper, russet, rust, tan, brownish, copper-colored, metallic brown, reddish-brown, reddish-tan