chestnut

[ ches-nuht, -nuh t ]
/ ˈtʃɛsˌnʌt, -nət /

noun

adjective

being reddish-brown in color.
(of food) containing or made with chestnuts: turkey with chestnut stuffing.

Idioms for chestnut

    pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire, to rescue someone from a difficulty.

Origin of chestnut

1350–1400; 1880–85 for def 6; earlier chesten nut, Middle English chesten, Old English cysten chestnut tree (< Latin castanea < Greek kastanéa) + nut

OTHER WORDS FROM chestnut

chest·nut·ty, adjective

Example sentences from the Web for chestnut

British Dictionary definitions for chestnut

chestnut
/ (ˈtʃɛsˌnʌt) /

noun

Word Origin for chestnut

C16: from earlier chesten nut: chesten, from Old French chastaigne, from Latin castanea, from Greek kastanea

Idioms and Phrases with chestnut

chestnut

see old chestnut.