chestnutnoun
uk/ˈtʃes.nʌt/us/ˈtʃes.nʌt/[ C ] plural also chestnut US UK sweet chestnut a large tree with leaves divided into five parts and large, round nuts:
a 200-year-old chestnut tree
forests full of oak and chestnut
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horse chestnut
a large, brown nut that grows on a sweet chestnut tree, often cooked and eaten hot:
A man in the street was selling bags of roast chestnuts.
[ C ] a reddish-brown horse
[ U ] a reddish-brown colour
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Types of edible nut
- almond
- Brazil nut
- cashew
- cobnut
- filbert
- groundnut
- hazelnut
- hickory
- macadamia
- nut
- peanut
- pecan
- pistachio
- walnut
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Idiom(s)
old chestnut
chestnutadjective
uk/ˈtʃes.nʌt/us/ˈtʃes.nʌt/reddish-brown in colour
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Hair colour
- aflame
- auburn
- balayage
- blonde
- blondes have more fun idiom
- brunette
- carrot-top
- carroty
- coloring
- fair
- ginger
- golden
- grey
- greying
- grizzled
- raven
- redhead
- strawberry blonde
- sun-kissed
- Titian
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