chestnut

/tʃˈɛsnˌʌt/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. (of hair or feathers) of a golden brown to reddish brown color
   “a chestnut horse”

noun

1. 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. the brown color of chestnuts
5. a small horny callus on the inner surface of a horse's leg
6. a dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse

Synonyms for chestnut

• chromatic
• chestnut tree

Words that rhyme with chestnut

• cut
• butt
• undercut
• smut
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• jut
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• walnut
• doughnut
• haircut
• hazelnut
• hut
• rebut
• slut
• somewhat
• abut
• but
• donut
• mutt
• scuttlebutt
• shortcut
• tut