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chestnut

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English

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Chestnuts

Etymology

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Formerlychestennut, fromMiddle Englishchesten,Middle Englishchesteyne,chasteine, fromOld Englishċisten and reinforced byOld Frenchchastaigne, both fromLatincastānea, fromAncient Greekκαστάνεια(kastáneia). Latincastānea also is the ultimate source ofEnglishcastanet.

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Noun

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chestnut (countable anduncountable,pluralchestnuts)

  1. Atree or shrub of the genusCastanea.
    Synonym:chestnut tree
  3. Anut of this tree or shrub.
  4. (uncountable) A dark,reddish-browncolour, as seen on the fruit of the chestnut tree.
    chestnut: 
  5. A reddish-brownhorse.
    • 1871,Baily's Magazine of Sports & Pastimes, volume20, page308:
      Lord Carington[…] led the way with hischestnuts[…]
    • 1877, George Nevile,Horses and Riding, page105:
      […] browns are the soberest, bays are the worst tempered, andchestnuts are the most foolish.
  6. (uncountable)Wood of a chestnut tree.
  7. (figurative) An old joke; a worn-outmeme, phrase, ploy, etc. so often repeated as to have growntiresome or ineffective (often in the phrase "old chestnut").
    Synonyms:cliché,platitude
    • 1997 May 10,Larry Flick, “Singles”, inBillboard,→ISSN, page62:
      Yep, this is a dance-leaning cover of the Matthew Wilder '80s popchestnut. It has already saturated radio airwaves throughout Europe, with a number of programmers here already giving it positive feedback.
    • 2015 August 27, Michael Signer, “What Happens When Donald Trump Stirs Up 'Passionate' Supporters”, inThe Atlantic‎[1]:
      Take greed. He’s been cited many times for what now has become achestnut: “The point is, you can’t be too greedy.”
  8. A round or oval horny plate found on the inner side of the leg of a horse or other animal, similar to abirthmark on a human.
    Synonym:night eye
  9. (UK) Thehorse-chestnut.

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Translations

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chestnut tree—seechestnut tree
nut of the chestnut tree
reddish-brown colour
reddish-brown horse
wood of a chestnut tree

Adjective

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chestnut (notcomparable)

  1. Of a deepreddish-browncolour, like that of a chestnut.
    chestnut hair

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of a deep reddish-brown colour

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