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# chestnut

noun (a chestnut, chestnuts); adjective (chestnut hair, a chestnut horse)

«chestnut» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A chestnut is a shiny reddish-brown nut that grows inside a prickly case on a chestnut tree; sweet chestnuts can be roasted and eaten. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chestnut/#m1)
2. A chestnut is also the tree itself. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chestnut/#m2)
3. Chestnut is a reddish-brown colour, often of hair or a horse. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chestnut/#m3)
4. «An old chestnut» is a joke or story that has been told too many times. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chestnut/#m4)

### In the lessons

In nature lessons and autumn walks children collect chestnuts. Horse chestnuts (conkers in the UK and Ireland) are not for eating; sweet chestnuts are roasted at markets in winter. Phrases: roasted chestnuts, horse chestnut, chestnut tree, chestnut hair, an old chestnut.

### Examples

- We collected shiny chestnuts in the park. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chestnut/#x1)
- The chestnut case was covered in sharp spikes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chestnut/#x2)
- Roasted chestnuts smell wonderful in winter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chestnut/#x3)
- She has long chestnut hair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chestnut/#x4)
- The farmer rode a chestnut horse. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chestnut/#x5)
- A huge chestnut tree shades the playground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chestnut/#x6)
- Don't eat horse chestnuts; they can make you sick. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chestnut/#x7)
- Grandpa told that old chestnut about the talking dog again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chestnut/#x8)
- It is like entering a grove of chestnut and walnut-trees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chestnut/#x9)

### Note

Countable: a chestnut, chestnuts. The «t» in the middle is usually silent: CHES-nut. Trap: horse chestnuts (conkers) look like sweet chestnuts but are poisonous to eat. As a colour word it comes before a noun (chestnut hair).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «chestnut» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chestnut/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«chestnut» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chestnut.html) on Mova free.