chestnut
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2.6
- noun
- /ˈʧɛstnʌt/
:
castaña
- I guess when most people think of Christmas, they think of roasting chestnuts and candy canes.
- roast chestnuts
- roasted chestnuts
- fresh chestnuts
Smells basically like warm chestnuts roasting on an open fire.
- Smells basically like warm chestnuts roasting on an open fire.
- So I actually bought chestnuts, but I didn't.
- It will chestnuts roasting on an open fire.
Examples
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But the woman started walking; she saw smoke and felt the fragrance of baking chestnuts.
Fiction book (1998) -
On a chilly afternoon, we gathered around the bonfire and enjoyed the warmth of roasted chestnuts.
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"Can we watch him bake chestnuts and perhaps taste one?"
Fiction book (1998) -
We'll all sit around an open fire... and roast a few old chestnuts.
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Let's roast some Shanghai chestnuts by the fire.
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Chestnuts in chestnut pasta, chestnut soup, chestnut puree and chestnut cake.
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When they finished, she smiled and offered Mother roasted chestnuts, almonds, and hot, sweet wine.
Fiction book (1994) -
The smell of roasted chestnuts hangs in the air like an echo out of Charles Dickens.
Fiction book (1999) -
She brought a basket filled with freshly roasted chestnuts to share with her friends during the picnic.
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For dessert, we had a delicious cake made with sweet chestnuts and topped with whipped cream.
Synonyms
1
2.0
A hard-shelled seed with an edible part inside, like an almond or walnut
A large tree that has sweet edible nuts and gives shade
A large sweet chestnut often candied or used in desserts
Compounds
3
2.3
A large tree that makes nuts you can eat in prickly cases and has leaves that turn brown in autumn
- Specialized
1
7.6
A fungus that makes open sores on American chestnut trees and often kills them
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5.7
A large eastern North American tree that makes edible nuts and strong wood
- Specialized
A disease that attacks chestnut trees, making sores on the bark and often killing the tree
- US
A North American oak tree with leaves like a chestnut and dark, deeply ridged bark
- Specialized
A disease that kills American chestnut trees by making deep wounds in their bark
A small bushy tree from the southeastern United States that makes small edible nuts
A large tree from eastern North America that makes sweet edible nuts and useful wood
- Australian
A tall Australian tree with orange-yellow flowers and large pods that contain edible seeds like chestnuts
A large tree that loses its leaves and produces sweet edible nuts and useful wood
- Australian
An Australian tree with divided leaves, orange flowers, large pods, and dark strong wood
A large tree with hand-shaped leaves and showy flowers that make shiny brown seeds you cannot eat
- Specialized
A group of trees like horse-chestnuts with large flowers and glossy inedible seeds in hard cases
- Indian
A large evergreen tree from India with white sweet-smelling flowers and very hard wood used for building
- Specialized
A medium to large tree with big leaves that grows in wet areas of the southeastern United States
A medium-sized tree from the eastern United States with strong, durable wood
Surface Forms
Etymology
Chestnut comes from the Latin word castanea for the tree and its nut, and English speakers later heard it as 'chest' + 'nut', so the name fits the edible nut we roast and eat.