How to pronounce“chestnut”in English
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Definitions of “chestnut”
An edible nut (technically a fruit) of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); also (chiefly preceded by a descriptive word), a nut from a related shrub or tree; or a similar nut from an unrelated plant.
“Of trouth the cheſtain trees brynge forth the ſoft ſwete cheſtnutte out of the ſharpe pricking ⁊ hard huſke.”
In full chestnut tree: the shrub or tree that bears this nut, the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa); also (chiefly preceded by a descriptive word), a shrub or tree of the genus Castanea.
“The Cheſnut delighteth in ſhadowie places and mountaynes whoſe ſituation is towardes the North.”
Of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut fruit (noun sense 1).
“chestnut hair”
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