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ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Adj
Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɛs(t)nʌt/

Definition 1:
• Of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut fruit (noun sense 1).
Example: chestnut hair
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: castaneous
Labels: not-comparable
Name

Definition 1:
• A surname.
Noun
Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɛs(t)nʌt/

Definition 1:
• An edible nut (technically a fruit) of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); also (chiefly preceded by a descriptive word), a nut from a related shrub or tree; or a similar nut from an unrelated plant.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: Spanish chestnut, sweet chestnut
Labels: countable

Definition 2:
• In full chestnut tree: the shrub or tree that bears this nut, the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa); also (chiefly preceded by a descriptive word), a shrub or tree of the genus Castanea.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: Spanish chestnut, sweet chestnut
Labels: countable

Definition 3:
• In full chestnut tree: the shrub or tree that bears this nut, the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa); also (chiefly preceded by a descriptive word), a shrub or tree of the genus Castanea.
• Wood of a chestnut tree.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: Spanish chestnut, sweet chestnut
Labels: uncountable

Definition 4:
• In full chestnut tree: the shrub or tree that bears this nut, the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa); also (chiefly preceded by a descriptive word), a shrub or tree of the genus Castanea.
• Short for horse chestnut ("any of several tree species of the genus Aesculus, especially Aesculus hippocastanum; the fruit of such a tree").
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: Spanish chestnut, sweet chestnut
Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable

Definition 5:
• Things resembling a chestnut fruit in appearance or colour.
• A dark, reddish-brown colour, like that of chestnut fruit (noun sense 1).
Labels: broadly, uncountable

Definition 6:
• Things resembling a chestnut fruit in appearance or colour.
• A horse with a reddish-brown coat, mane and tail.
Labels: broadly, countable

Definition 7:
• Things resembling a chestnut fruit in appearance or colour.
• An oval or round horny plate located on the inner side of the leg of a horse or other equines, which is thought by some people to correspond with the thumbnail of other animals.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: night eye
Labels: broadly, countable

Definition 8:
• Chiefly in old chestnut: a joke, meme, phrase, ploy, etc. which has been repeated so often as to have grown ineffective or tiresome; a cliché.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: platitude
Labels: countable, figuratively

Source and attribution
Wiktionary contributors, via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Derived from Wiktionary; CC BY-SA and GFDL terms apply. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chestnut