Chestnut
['tʃesnʌt] or ['tʃɛsnʌt]
Definition
(noun.) a dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse.
(noun.) a small horny callus on the inner surface of a horse's leg.
(noun.) the brown color of chestnuts.
(noun.) edible nut of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea.
(noun.) any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur.
(noun.) wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea.
(adj.) (of hair or feathers) of a golden brown to reddish brown color; 'a chestnut horse'; 'chestnut hair' .
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Definition
(n.) The edible nut of a forest tree (Castanea vesca) of Europe and America. Commonly two or more of the nuts grow in a prickly bur.
(n.) The tree itself, or its light, coarse-grained timber, used for ornamental work, furniture, etc.
(n.) A bright brown color, like that of the nut.
(n.) The horse chestnut (often so used in England).
(n.) One of the round, or oval, horny plates on the inner sides of the legs of the horse, and allied animals.
(n.) An old joke or story.
(a.) Of the color of a chestnut; of a reddish brown color; as, chestnut curls.
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Definition
n. a nut or fruit enclosed in a prickly case: the tree that bears it: (slang) a stale joke or story.—adj. of a chestnut colour reddish-brown.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of handling chestnuts, foretells losses in a business way, but indicates an agreeable companion through life. Eating them, denotes sorrow for a time, but final happiness. For a young woman to dream of eating or trying her fortune with them, she will have a well-to-do lover and comparative plenty.
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Examples
- Papa says I may have the chestnut to ride now. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Mrs. March folded the wavy chestnut lock, and laid it away with a short gray one in her desk. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- But what was lovely was the fall to go hunting through the chestnut woods. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The road climbed steeply going up and back and forth through chestnut woods to level finally along a ridge. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Descending the laurel walk, I faced the wreck of the chestnut-tree; it stood up black and riven: the trunk, split down the centre, gasped ghastly. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Frost opens chestnut burrs, ma'am, and it takes a good shake to bring them down. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- And if turning up my hair makes me one, I'll wear it in two tails till I'm twenty, cried Jo, pulling off her net, and shaking down a chestnut mane. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The well-groomed chestnut horse and two beautiful setters could leave no doubt that the rider was Sir James Chettam. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The little grave where her infant sleeps Is 'neath the chestnut tree. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- He then retired to a monastery at Yuste, among the oak and chestnut forests in the hills to the north of the Tagus valley, and there he died in 1558. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- As you may observe, Mr. Holmes, my hair is somewhat luxuriant, and of a rather peculiar tint of chestnut. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- He came in gorgeous array, with plumed cap, red cloak, chestnut lovelocks, a guitar, and the boots, of course. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- A fair, sweet, and honest country face was revealed, reposing in a nest of wavy chestnut hair. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Why, you never threw your leg across a finer horse than that chestnut, and you gave him for this brute. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- To the north we could look across a valley and see a forest of chestnut trees and behind it another mountain on this side of the river. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- That is Andros all over; he likes to be the monkey, and use others as cats to pull the chestnuts out of the fire. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- He had for food hazel-nuts, beech-nuts, sweet chestnuts, earth-nuts, and acorns. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Looking down I saw a stately carriage and pair, the brilliant lamps gleaming on the glossy haunches of the noble chestnuts. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- They have eaten all the Austrians' potatoes and chestnuts from the woods. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
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