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chestnut

7 definitions • 3 examples
1
a large tree with leaves divided into five parts and large, round nuts:

Examples:

a 200-year-old chestnut tree
forests full of oak and chestnut
2
a large, brown nut that grows on a sweet chestnut tree, often cooked and eaten hot:

Examples:

A man in the street was selling bags of roast chestnuts.
3
a reddish-brown horse
4
a reddish-brown colour
5
reddish-brown in colour
6
a large, shiny, red-brown nut, or the tree on which the nuts grow
7
Chestnut is also a deep red-brown color.

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