chestnut (now rarely chesnut) /chesˈnut/

1. A tree of genus Castanea, esp the Spanish or sweet chestnut
2. Its edible nut, encased (three together) in a prickly husk
3. Its hard timber
4. The horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum), its fruit, nut or timber
5. A chestnut horse
6. A horny knob on the inner surface of a horse's foreleg
7. A stale joke or cliché

Of chestnut colour, reddish-brown

pull the chestnuts out of the fire

To take control and rescue someone or something from a difficult situation, esp one that seems hopeless

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