I. chest‧nut¹ /ˈtʃesnʌt/ noun
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: chesten 'chestnut tree' (14-17 centuries) (from Old French chasteigne, from Latin castanea, from Greek kastanea) + nut]

1. [countable] a smooth red-brown nut that you can eat:
roast chestnuts

2. (also chestnut tree) [countable] the tree on which this nut grows

3. [uncountable] a red-brown colour

4. [countable] a horse that is red-brown in colour

5. an old chestnut a joke or story that has been repeated many times

6. [countable] a horse chestnut
⇒ water chestnut

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II. chestnut² adjective
red-brown in colour:
her chestnut hair

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chestnut
noun
ADJ. bright, glossy, rich | dark, deep
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