chestnut
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++chest·nut1 /ˈtʃesnʌt/ noun 1 [countable]HBPDFC a smooth red-brown nut that you can eat 栗子 roast chestnuts 炒栗子 →5 see picture at 见图 nut12. (also chestnut tree) [countable]HBP the tree on which this nut grows 栗子树3. [uncountable]CC a red-brown colour 栗色，红棕色4. [countable]HBA a horse that is red-brown in colour 红棕色的马，栗色马5. an old chestnut JOKEa joke or story that has been repeated many times 老掉牙的笑话[故事]6. [countable]HBP a horse chestnut 七叶树；七叶树的果实 → water chestnut
Examples from the Corpus
chestnut• High above, curved oak, spruce and chestnut grew beside giant magnolias.• Already, two mature horse chestnuts had been felled.• There's a big house at the end of an avenue of chestnuts.• I wave some smoke away and ask if he's selling roast chestnuts.• In the embers of the fire, David again roasted chestnuts for the now sunny-tempered Josh, until his bedtime.• He got up in his night-shirt and looked incredulously out at the twigs of the stately chestnut tree in front of the castle.• The chestnuts must be peeled first, which is a little time consuming but worth the effort.chestnut2 adjective CCred-brown in colour 栗色的，红棕色的 her chestnut hair 她的红棕色头发Examples from the Corpus
chestnut• The chestnut colt stuck its head in through the open window to lick her hand with its warm tongue.• Her face was framed by chestnut curls.Origin chestnut1 (1500-1600) chesten “chestnut tree” ((14-17 centuries)) (from Old French chasteigne, from Latin castanea, from Greek kastanea) + nutchest·nut1 nounchestnut2 adjectiveChineseSyllable
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chestnut
chest‧nut1 /ˈtʃesnʌt/ 
noun
roast chestnuts
2. (also chestnut tree) [countable] the tree on which this nut grows
3. [uncountable] a red-brown colour
4. [countable] a horse that is red-brown in colour
5. an old chestnut a joke or story that has been repeated many times
6. [countable] a horse chestnut
⇨ water chestnut
chestnut2 adjective
red-brown in colour:
her chestnut hair
| I |
noun Date: 1500-1600
Origin: chesten 'chestnut tree' (14-17 centuries) (from Old French chasteigne, from Latin castanea, from Greek kastanea) + nut
1. [countable] a smooth red-brown nut that you can eat:Origin: chesten 'chestnut tree' (14-17 centuries) (from Old French chasteigne, from Latin castanea, from Greek kastanea) + nut
2. (also chestnut tree) [countable] the tree on which this nut grows
3. [uncountable] a red-brown colour
4. [countable] a horse that is red-brown in colour
5. an old chestnut a joke or story that has been repeated many times
6. [countable] a horse chestnut
⇨ water chestnut
| II |
adjectivered-brown in colour:
