chestnut

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Synonyms: chesnut, chestnutt, chestnuts, chesnutt, chestful, chestney

Antonyms: chesnut, chestnutt, chestnuts, chesnutt, chestful, chestney

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|Q773987}}{{lb|en|countable}} An [[edible#Adjective|edible]] [[nut#Noun|nut]] ([[technically]] a [[fruit#Noun|fruit]]) of the [[Spanish chestnut]] or [[sweet chestnut]] [[tree#Noun|tree]] ({{taxfmt|Castanea sativa|species}}); also (''chiefly preceded by a [[descriptive#Adjective|descriptive]] [[word#Noun|word]]''), a nut from a [[related#Adjective|related]] [[shrub#Noun|shrub]] or tree; or a [[similar#Adjective|similar]] nut from an [[unrelated]] [[plant#Noun|plant]].
2. {{senseid|en|tree}}{{lb|en|countable}} ''In full'' '''[[chestnut tree]]''': the shrub or tree that [[bear#Verb|bears]] this nut, the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut ({{taxfmt|Castanea sativa|species}}); also (''chiefly preceded by a descriptive word''), a shrub or tree of the [[genus]] {{taxfmt|Castanea|genus}}.
3. {{lb|en|by extension}} {{non-gloss|Things [[resemble|resembling]] a chestnut fruit in [[appearance]] or [[color#Noun|colour]].}}
4. {{senseid|en|cliché}}{{lb|en|countable|figurative}} ''Chiefly in'' '''[[old chestnut]]''': a [[joke#Noun|joke]], [[meme#Noun|meme]], [[phrase#Noun|phrase]], [[ploy#Noun|ploy]], etc. which has been [[repeat#Verb|repeated]] so often as to have [[grow]]n [[ineffective]] or [[tiresome]]; a [[cliché#Noun|cliché]].

Adjective

1. {{senseid|en|colour}} Of a [[deep#Adjective|deep]] [[reddish-brown]] [[color#Noun|colour]], [[like#Adjective|like]] that of a [[chestnut#Noun|chestnut]] [[fruit#Noun|fruit]] ''({{senseno|en|Q773987}})''.

Proper noun

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