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Definition: Chestnut |
ChestnutAdjective1. Used of hair; of a golden brown to reddish brown color; "a chestnut horse"; "chestnut hair". Noun1. Wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea. 2. Any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur. 3. Edible nut of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea. 4. A small horny callus on the inner surface of a horse's leg. 5. A dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "chestnut" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
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Food & Agriculture | Fruit of Trapa natans. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The glossy hard brown edible nut of the chestnut tree. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Literature | Chestnut A stale joke. In The Broken Sword, an old melodrama by William Dillon, Captain Xavier is for ever telling the same jokes with variations. He was telling about one of his exploits connected with a cork-tree, when Pablo corrects him, "A chestnut-tree you mean, captain." "Bah! (replied the captain) I say a cork-tree." "A chestnut-tree," insists Pablo. "I must know better than you (said the captain); it was a cork-tree, I say." "A chestnut (persisted Pablo). I have heard you tell the joke twenty-seven times, and I am sure it was a chestnut." "Is not this an illustration of the enduring vitality of the `chestnut'? [joke]."- Notes and Queries. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Beech Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Fagales Family: Fagaceae Genus: Castanea Species Castanea dentata - American chestnut
Castanea mollissima - Chinese chestnut
Castanea sativa - European chestnut
A chestnut is a tree or shrub of the genus Castanea, including the chinkapins, or the nut produced by these trees. The nuts are commonly eaten roasted or candied; the latter are often sold under the French name marrons glaces.
The American chestnut, formerly one of the dominant trees of the eastern United States, has been almost wiped out by chestnut blight.
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During World War II, Operation Chestnut was a failed British commando raid conducted as part of the invasion of Sicily.Two small teams jumped into northern Sicily on the night of 12 July, 1943. Most of their heavy equipment was lost in the jump. The teams landed near inhabited areas, alerting the defenders.
The raiders were unable to complete their mission, evading the defending units as they worked their way toward friendly lines.
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Synonym: ChestnutSynonym: chestnut tree (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
News | Old story, old news, stale news, stale story; chestnut. |
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Crosswords: Chestnut |
| English words defined with "chestnut": Allegheny chinkapin ♦ belted kingfisher, buckeye, Bur fish ♦ Castanea pumila, Castanospermum, Ceryle alcyon, Chesteyn, chestnut blight, chestnut canker, chestnut oak, chestnut-bark disease, chincapin, chinkapin, chinquapin, conker, Cupuliferous ♦ dwarf chestnut ♦ eastern chinquapin ♦ genus Castanospermum, genus Trapa, Grysbok ♦ horse chestnut ♦ Inocarpin ♦ Jesuits' nut ♦ Kahau ♦ ling, ling ko ♦ Marron, Mastful, Mountain quail ♦ Nut coal ♦ Papion, Pheasant coucal, Polenta, Polyphemus, prostate, prostate gland ♦ red-tailed hawk ♦ sable antelope, Saligot, Shama, Spadiceous, spreading ♦ Thunderbolt beetle, Trapa, Trapa bicornis, Trapa natans ♦ water caltrop, wide-spreading. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "chestnut": anthracite coal sizes ♦ Chestnut Sunday, crocodile hand ♦ Escin. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "chestnut": Chinquapin. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Under the Shedding Chestnut Tree (1942) The Village Chestnut (1918) | |
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 | Parkers Creek, off Chesapeake Bay, in the American Chestnut Land Trust Area. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Mary Hollinger at Parkers Creek, off Chesapeake Bay, in the American Chestnut Land Trust Area. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | Watercolor painting of a male Cinnamon Teal by Oklahoma artist Gerald Mobley, 1110 South Chestnut, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma 74012. Mobley also won the 1983 and 1985 Oklahoma waterfowl competition. Return to the Federal Duck Stamp Office Home Page. |  | Lithograph by A. Hoffy, No. 41 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, after a sketch by C.C. Barton, U.S.N. It was "Designed and lithographed expressly for the Philada. Saturday Chronicle". Credit: NAVY. |
 | Architectural drawing for a house for John Markoe, near 9th Street and Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Dr. David Jayne & Son's establishment, Chestnut St., Philadelphia] / [engraved at J.M. Butler's establishment. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | No. 46 to No. 52, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | North side of Chestnut Street, below Second Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Dodge-Shreve House, 29 Chestnut Street, Salem, Mass. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Wheatland-Phillips House, 30 Chestnut Street, Salem, Mass. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Chestnut horse" by Liz Allen Commentary: "Red horse." | "Woodpile" by Kenn W. Kiser Commentary: "Stack of logs cut from Black Chestnut tree (sepia tone image)." |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | They swung stoutly in the great swing, attached to the two chestnut trees, celebrated by the Abbe de Bernis |
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Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Lyn Gibson and Wei Ling Chestnut are the widows of the two brave Capitol Police Officers who gave their lives to defend freedom's house. |
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| "Chestnut" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.08% of the time. "Chestnut" is used about 434 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 96.08% | 417 | 13,597 |
| Noun (proper) | 3.92% | 17 | 85,106 |
| Total | 100.00% | 434 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "chestnut" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Chestnut | Last name | 5,000 | 2,677 |
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1. Chestnut, IL 2. Chestnut, LA |
Expressions using "chestnut": american chestnut ♦ american sweet chestnut ♦ Australia chestnut ♦ candied chestnut ♦ chestnut blight ♦ chestnut canker ♦ chestnut coal ♦ chestnut Mound ♦ Chestnut oak ♦ chestnut Ridge ♦ chestnut tree ♦ chinese chestnut ♦ chinese water chestnut ♦ dwarf chestnut ♦ earth chestnut ♦ european chestnut ♦ horse chestnut ♦ japanese chestnut ♦ liver chestnut ♦ Moreton Bay chestnut ♦ oak chestnut ♦ old chestnut ♦ Reddish Chestnut soil ♦ roast chestnut ♦ rose chestnut ♦ spanish chestnut ♦ swamp chestnut oak ♦ sweet chestnut ♦ water chestnut ♦ water chestnut plant ♦ yellow chestnut oak. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "chestnut": chestnut-backed, chestnut-bark disease, chestnut-bellied, chestnut-brown, chestnut-cheeked, chestnut-coloured, chestnut-haired, chestnut-mandibled, chestnut-red, chestnut-roasters, chestnut-seller, chestnut-sellers, chestnut-shaped, chestnut-tree, chestnut-trees. | |
Ending with "chestnut": horse-chestnut, orange-chestnut, water-chestnut. | |
Containing "chestnut": horse-chestnut family, horse-chestnut-strong. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "chestnut"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | ngjyrë gështenjë (auburn, liver-colored, liver-coloured, maroon, marron), i gështenjtë (marron), gështenjë. (various references) | |
Arabic | كستنائي اللون (roan), كستناء (maroon), قسطل, خشب الكستناء, بني محمر. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | стар виц, кестеняв (auburn, maroon, nut-brown), кестен, дорест кон (bay), дорест (roan). (various references) | |
Chinese | 栗子 . (various references) | |
Cornish | kestenen. (various references) | |
Czech | kaštan. (various references) | |
Danish | kastanie (horse-chestnut). (various references) | |
Dutch | kastanje (chestnut-tree, horse-chestnut), tamme kastanje (chestnut-tree), paardekastanje (chestnut-tree, horse-chestnut). (various references) | |
Esperanto | kaŝtano. (various references) | |
Faeroese | kastanja (horse-chestnut). (various references) | |
Farsi | رنگ شاه بلوطی (Marron), شاه بلوط, بلوط. (various references) | |
Finnish | kastanja. (various references) | |
French | marron (chestnut brown), châtaigne (European chestnut tree, Spanish chestnut tree, sweet chestnut, sweet chestnut tree). (various references) | |
German | marone (edible tree, European chestnut tree, Spanish chestnut tree, sweet chestnut, sweet chestnut tree), kastanie (buckeye, horse-chestnut). (various references) | |
Greek | κάστανα, κάστανο του ύδατος (water caltrop, water chestnut), κάστανο, καστανιά (chestnut tree). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ערמון, ערמוני. (various references) | |
Hungarian | gesztenye. (various references) | |
Italian | castagna (horse-chestnut), castagno (chestnut-tree). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | マレイン酸 (evil, malefic, maleic acid, malevolent, malign, mallow, Marecs, marron Chantilly, marronier, marrons glaces), 栗毛 , 栗 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | マロン , くりげ, くり (hollow, monastery kitchen, priests' quarters, scoop). (various references) | |
Korean | 밤 (Night). (various references) | |
Manx | foiee castan (chestnut wood), dhoan-ruy (chestnut colour). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | estnutchay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | castanheiro (chestnut-tree), castanha (croaker, hazelnut, nut, salt cellar). (various references) | |
Romanian | castaniu (auburn, Hazel, maroon, nut-brown), castanã, castan, roib (alezan, Sorrel), glumã rãsuflatã (a well-worn joke). (various references) | |
Romansch | chastogna. (various references) | |
Russian | каштановый (auburn, maroon), каштан каштановый, каштан, гнедой, бабка (knucklebone, pastern). (various references) | |
Scottish | geanm-chnò. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | kestenjast (auburn, maroon), kesten (maroon). (various references) | |
Spanish | castaña (bash, chignon, horse-chestnut, sweet chestnut), castaño (auburn, Brown, chestnut-tree). (various references) | |
Swedish | kastanje (horse-chestnut), kastanjebrun (auburn, chestnut-brown). (various references) | |
Turkish | kestane (horse-chestnut, marron, spanish chestnut, sweet chestnut). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | русявий, шатенка, каштанового кольору, каштанове дерево, каштановий колір, каштановий (nut-brown), каштан, гнідий (bay), банальний роман. (various references) | |
Welsh | castan. (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | balanus, Castanea sativa, Castanea Sativa mill., Castanea sativa p. miller, Castanea vesca, Castanea vulgaris. (various references) |
| French | 1500-Modern | marron. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 30, Verse 37 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Elaben de eautw iakwb rabdon sturakinhn clwran kai karuinhn kai platanou kai elepisen autaV iakwb lepismata leuka perisurwn to clwron efaineto de epi taiV rabdoiV to leukon o elepisen poikilon |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Tollens ergo Iacob virgas populeas virides et amigdalinas et ex platanis ex parte decorticavit eas detractisque corticibus in his quae spoliata fuerant candor apparuit illa vero quae integra erant viridia permanserunt atque in hunc modum color effectus est varius |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Iacob toke roddes of grene popular hasell and of chestnottrees and pilled whyte strakes in the and made the white apere in the staues: |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chestnut tree; and pilled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And Jacob took to him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut-tree; and peeled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Then Jacob took young branches of trees, cutting off the skin so that the white wood was seen in bands. |
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| Language | Genesis Chapter 30, Verse 37 |
| Cebuano | Ug mikuha si Jacob ug mga magagmay nga sanga nga lunhaw sa alamo ug sa avellano, ug sa castaño, ug iyang gipanitan kini sa mga panit nga maputi, ug gihimo nga makita ang kaputi niadtong mga sanga nga magagmay. |
| Croatian | A Jakov uzme zelenih mladica od topola, badema i platana; na njima izreza bijele pruge, otkrivši bjeliku na mladicama. |
| Danish | Men Jakob tog friske Grene af Hvidpopler, Mandeltræer og Plataner og afskrællede Barken således, at der kom hvide Striber på Grenene; |
| Dutch | Toen nam zich Jakob roeden van groen populierenhout, en van hazelaar, en van kastanje; en hij schilde daarin witte strepen, ontblotende het wit, hetwelk aan die roeden was. |
| Finnish | Mutta Jaakob otti itselleen tuoreita haavan, mantelipuun ja plataanin oksia ja kuori niihin valkeita juovia, paljastaen oksien valkoisen rungon. |
| French | Jacob prit des branches vertes de peuplier, d`amandier et de platane; il y pela des bandes blanches, mettant à nu le blanc qui était sur les branches. |
| German | Jakob aber nahm Stäbe von grünen Pappelbäumen, Haseln und Kastanien und schälte weiße Streifen daran, daß an den Stäben das Weiß bloß ward, |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Kemudian Yakub mengambil dahan-dahan hijau dari pohon hawar, pohon badam dan pohon berangan, dan mengupas sebagian dari kulitnya sehingga menjadi belang-belang. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka oleh Yakub diambil beberapa ranting dari pada pohon hawar yang hijau-hijau dan dari pada pohon bondok dan kastal, dikupaskannya sampai bercorak-corak putih dan kelihatannyalah putihnya, yang pada ranting-ranting itu. |
| Maori | ¶ Katahi ka tikina e Hakopa etahi rakau mana, he papara mata, he aramona, he pereni; a tihorea ana e ia etahi tihorenga ma i aua mea, a ka meinga kia ata kitea te wahi ma o nga rakau. |
| Norwegian | Men Jakob tok sig friske kjepper av poppel-, hassel- og lønnetrær og skavde hvite striper på dem, så det hvite på kjeppene kom frem. |
| Rumanian | Iacov a luat nuiele verzi de plop, de migdal wi de platan; a despoiat de pe ele fqwii de coajq, wi a fqcut sq se vadq albeaya care era pe nuiele. |
| Swedish | Men Jakob tog sig friska käppar av poppel, mandelträd och lönn och skalade på dem vita ränder, i det han blottade det vita på käpparna. |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "chestnut": chestnuts. (additional references) | |
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"Chestnut" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: chesnut, chessnut, chestful, Chestney, chestnutery. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "chestnut" (pronounced khe"snu't or khe"stnu't) |
| 3 | -n u' t | coconut, donut, doughnut, groundnut, hazelnut, walnut. |
| 3 | -n u' t | coconut, donut, doughnut, groundnut, hazelnut, walnut. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-h-n-s-t-t-u" | |
-2 letters: chutes, cutest, stench, tenths, tusche. | |
-3 letters: cents, centu, chest, chute, cutes, hents, hunts, netts, scent, scute, shent, shunt, shute, stunt, tench, tenth, tents, teths, teuch, thens, tunes, unset. | |
-4 letters: cent, cues, cute, cuts, ecus, etch, eths, hens, hent, hest, hets, hues, huns, hunt, huts, nest, nets, nett, nuts, scut, sect, sent, sett, shun. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-h-n-s-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: chestnuts. | |
+2 letters: humectants, nuthatches, staunchest, touchstone, unesthetic, unstitched, unstitches. | |
+3 letters: countershot, technetiums, touchstones, unaesthetic. | |
+4 letters: autochthones, countermyths, countershots, enthusiastic, unchastities. | |
+5 letters: authenticates, counterthrust, luncheonettes, outstretching, photocurrents, thunderstruck, unsympathetic. | |
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