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chest·nut

(chĕs′nŭt′, -nət)
n.
1.
a. Any of several deciduous trees of the genus Castanea native to northern temperate regions, having alternate simple toothed leaves, and nuts that are enclosed in a prickly husk.
b. The often edible nut of any of these trees.
c. The wood of any of these trees.
2. Any of several other plants, such as the horse chestnut.
3. A moderate to deep reddish brown.
4. A reddish-brown horse.
5. A small hard callus on the inner surface of a horse's foreleg.
6. An old, frequently repeated joke, story, or song.
adj.
Of a moderate to deep reddish brown.
[Earlier chesten (from Middle English chesteine, from Old French chastaigne, from Latin castanea, from Greek kastaneā, chestnut tree, from kastana, chestnuts; akin to Armenian kask, chestnut, both Greek and Armenian probably being of substrate origin) + nut. Noun, sense 6, perhaps in reference to unpalatability of stale chestnuts, or to the play The Broken Sword (1816) by British playwright William Dimond (c.1784-1837?), in which one character begins to tell an anecdote involving a cork oak, and another interrupts him by exclaiming Chestnut! and says that in twenty-six previous tellings of the same anecdote, the tree had been a chestnut.]
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chestnut

(ˈtʃɛsˌnʌt)
n
1. (Plants) any N temperate fagaceous tree of the genus Castanea, such as C. sativa (sweet or Spanish chestnut), which produce flowers in long catkins and nuts in a prickly bur. Compare horse chestnut, water chestnut, dwarf chestnut
2. (Cookery) the edible nut of any of these trees
3. (Forestry) the hard wood of any of these trees, used in making furniture, etc
4. (Colours)
a. a reddish-brown to brown colour
b. (as adjective): chestnut hair.
5. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) a horse of a yellow-brown or golden-brown colour
6. (Zoology) a small horny callus on the inner surface of a horse's leg
7. informal an old or stale joke
[C16: from earlier chesten nut: chesten, from Old French chastaigne, from Latin castanea, from Greek kastanea]
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chest•nut

(ˈtʃɛsˌnʌt, -nət)

n.
1. any of several tall trees of the genus Castanea, of the beech family, bearing edible nuts enclosed in a prickly bur, as C. sativa, of Europe, and C.dentata, an American tree virtually destroyed by chestnut blight.
2. the edible nut of such a tree.
3. the wood of any of these trees.
4. any fruit or tree resembling the chestnut, as the horse chestnut.
5. reddish brown.
6. a stale joke, anecdote, etc.
7. the callosity on the inner side of a horse's leg.
8. a horse having a reddish brown or brown body with mane and tail of the same or a lighter color.
adj.
9. reddish brown.
[1350–1400; earlier chesten nut, Middle English chesten, Old English cysten chestnut tree (< Latin castanea < Greek kastanéa) + nut]
chest′nut`ty, adj.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. [画像:chestnut - wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea]chestnut - wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea
chestnut tree, chestnut - any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur
wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
2. [画像:chestnut - any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn]chestnut - any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur
chestnut - edible nut of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea
Castanea, genus Castanea - chestnuts; chinkapins
chestnut - wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea
American chestnut, American sweet chestnut, Castanea dentata - large tree found from Maine to Alabama
Castanea sativa, European chestnut, Spanish chestnut, sweet chestnut - wild or cultivated throughout southern Europe, northwestern Africa and southwestern Asia
Castanea mollissima, Chinese chestnut - a small tree with small sweet nuts; wild or naturalized in Korea and China
Castanea crenata, Japanese chestnut - a spreading tree of Japan that has a short trunk
Allegheny chinkapin, Castanea pumila, dwarf chestnut, eastern chinquapin, chinquapin - shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts
Castanea ozarkensis, chinquapin, Ozark chinkapin, Ozark chinquapin - shrubby tree closely related to the Allegheny chinkapin but with larger leaves; southern midwestern United States
tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
3. chestnut - edible nut of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea
edible nut - a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell
chestnut tree, chestnut - any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur
4. chestnut - the brown color of chestnuts
brown, brownness - an orange of low brightness and saturation
5. chestnut - a small horny callus on the inner surface of a horse's leg
callus - bony tissue formed during the healing of a fractured bone
6. chestnut - a dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse
Equus caballus, horse - solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
Adj. 1. chestnut - (of hair or feathers) of a golden brown to reddish brown color; "a chestnut horse"; "chestnut hair"
chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue
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Translations
كَسْتَناء كَسْتَنائي اللوننُكْتَةٌ قَديمَهحِصانٌ كَسْتَنائي اللوْن
kaštankaštanovéotřepaný vtippříběhhnědák
kastanjekastanjebrungammel traver
kastanjaraudikkorautias
kesten
gesztenyepejsárgaszakállas vicc
gömul lummajarpur hesturkastaníubrúnn, rauîbrúnnkastaníuhneta
クリ
밤
castaneaspadix
bėriskaštonaskaštoninisnuvalkiotas anekdotas
bērs zirgskastaņbrūnskastanisnodrāzts joks/anekdote
gaštanhnedákstarý vtip
kostanj
kastanj
ลูกเกาลัด
bayat şaka/öyküdoru atkestane kestane ağacıkızıl
hạt dẻ

chestnut

[ˈtʃesnʌt]
A. N
1. (= fruit) → castaña f; (= tree, colour) → castaño m
2. (= horse) → caballo m castaño
3. (= story) → historia f
not that old chestnut! → ¡ya estamos con la misma historia de siempre!
B. ADJ (also chestnut brown) [hair] → (de color) castaño inv
C. CPD chestnut tree N → castaño m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

chestnut

[ˈtʃɛsnʌt]
n
(edible) → marron m
We have turkey with chestnuts → Nous mangeons de la dinde aux marrons.
an old chestnut (= idea) → une vieille rengaine (= joke) → une plaisanterie usée
(also chestnut tree) → châtaignier m
(= colour) → châtain m
adj
[hair] → châtain inv
[horse] → alezan(e)chest of drawers [ˌtʃɛstəvˈdrɔːz] n → commode fchest pains npl → douleurs fpl de poitrine
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

chestnut

n
(= nut, tree) → Kastanie f
(= colour) → Kastanienbraun nt
(= horse) → Fuchs m
(inf, = old joke) → alte or olle Kamelle (inf)
adj (colour) hair → kastanienbraun, rötlich braun ; a chestnut horse → ein Fuchs m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

chestnut

[ˈtʃɛsˌnʌt]
1. n (fruit) → castagna ; (chestnut tree) → castagno
sweet chestnut (tree) → castagno comune or dolce
2. adj (hair) → castano/a; (horse) → sauro/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

chestnut

(ˈtʃesnat)
1. a reddish-brown nut (one type being edible). kastaiing كَسْتَناء кестен castanha kaštan die Kastanie kastanje κάστανο kastan بلوط kastanja chãtaigne ערמון शाह बलूत kestenjaste boje gesztenye berangan kastaníuhneta castagna 栗の実 밤 kaštonas kastanis buah berangan kastanje kastanje kasztan يوډول ونه او دهغې ميوه: سوربخن نسوارى رنګ castanha castană каштан gaštan kostanj kesten kastanj, kastanjeträd เกาลัด kestane ağacı 栗子 каштан ایک سرخی مائل بھورے چھلکے والا پھل cây hạt dẻ 栗子
2. a reddish-brown horse. vos حِصانٌ كَسْتَنائي اللوْن дорест кон alazão hnědák der Fuchs rødbrun hest καστανόχρωμο άλογο raudjas اسب کرند tumma rautias alezan סוס עַרמוֹנִי भूरा riđan sárga (ló) kuda merah jarpur hestur cavallo sauro 栗毛の馬 구렁말 bėris bērs zirgs kuda perang vos fuks, kastanjebrun hest kasztan کرند آس alazão roib гнедая лошадь hnedák rjavec riđi konj fux ม้าสีแดงน้ําตาล doru at 栗色馬 гнідий кінь ایک سرخی مائل بھورا گھوڑا con ngựa tía 栗色马
3. a boring old joke or story. ou grap نُكْتَةٌ قَديمَه стар виц piada antiga otřepaný vtip, příběh alter Witz gammel traver χιλιοειπωμένο αστείο habemega nali لطیفه یا موضوعی که کهنه و خسته کننده شده vanha vitsi blague éculée בְּדִיחַת קֶרֶש घिसी-पिटी बात otrcana stara dosjetka szakállas vicc cerita atau lelucon usang gömul lumma vecchia barzelletta 古くさいしゃれ 진부한 이야기 nuvalkiotas anekdotas nodrāzts joks/anekdote lawak bosan afgezaagd verhaal gammel traver kawał z brodą د خستکونه قصی anedota velha glumă răsuflată избитый анекдот starý vtip stara šala otrcani vic anekdot, historia เรื่องเล่าที่น่าเบื่อ bayat şaka/öykü 陳腐的笑話 заяложений анекдот ایک بیزار کن پرانی کہانی یا لطیفہ chuyện cũ rích 陈腐的笑话
adjective
of the colour of ripe chestnuts. chestnut hair. kastaiingbruin, sweetvos كَسْتَنائي اللون червениково-кафяв castanho kaštanové kastanienbraun kastanjebrun καστανός kastanpruun خرمایی kastanjanruskea chãtain צֶבַע העַרמוֹן भूरा kestenjast gesztenyebarna coklat kastaníubrúnn, rauðbrúnn castano 栗色の 밤색의 kaštoninis kastaņbrūns warna keperangan kastanjebruin kastanjebrun kasztanowy خرمای castanho castaniu каштановый gaštanový kostanjev kestenjast kastanjefärgad ซึ่งมีสีเหมือนเกาลัด kızıl 栗色的 каштанового кольору; гнідий پکے ہوئے چیسٹ نٹ جیسا رنگ màu hạt dẻ 栗色的
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chestnut

→ كَسْتَناء kaštan kastanje Kastanie κάστανο castaña , castaño kastanja marronnier kesten castagno クリ 밤 kastanje kastanje kasztan castanha каштан kastanj ลูกเกาลัด kestane hạt dẻ 栗子
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As the car swept round the crescent it passed, at one corner, the stray stall of a man selling chestnuts; and right away at the other end of the curve, Angus could see a dim blue policeman walking slowly.
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Up the avenue Margaret strolled slowly, stopping to watch the sky that gleamed through the upper branches of the chestnuts, or to finger the little horseshoes on the lower branches.
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Without waiting for an assent, or, indeed, for any reply, the sturdy hunter moved boldly into a dense thicket of young chestnuts, shoving aside the branches of the exuberant shoots which nearly covered the ground, like a man who expected, at each step, to discover some object he had formerly known.
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If you are a child of the Gardens you must know the chestnut-tree near the bridge, which comes out in flower first of all the chestnuts, but perhaps you have not heard why this tree leads the way.
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Even in this leafless time of departing February it is pleasant to look at,--perhaps the chill, damp season adds a charm to the trimly kept, comfortable dwelling-house, as old as the elms and chestnuts that shelter it from the northern blast.
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Inside the gate leaning out from her saddle and just closing it, was a young woman on a chestnut sorrel.
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Even in Broadway and Chestnut streets, Mediterranean mariners will sometimes jostle the affrighted ladies.
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At the bottom was a sunk fence; its sole separation from lonely fields: a winding walk, bordered with laurels and terminating in a giant horse- chestnut, circled at the base by a seat, led down to the fence.
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He had a look at all the details of the hunt, sent a pack of hounds and huntsmen on ahead to find the quarry, mounted his chestnut Donets, and whistling to his own leash of borzois, set off across the threshing ground to a field leading to the Otradnoe wood.
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Girls, sometimes I feel as if those exams meant everything, but when I look at the big buds swelling on those chestnut trees and the misty blue air at the end of the streets they don't seem half so important."
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In the shed there were five horses in their separate stalls, and Vronsky knew that his chief rival, Gladiator, a very tall chestnut horse, had been brought there, and must be standing among them.
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Then it was a very good time for talking, as we stood together under the shade of the large chestnut tree.
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