Dictionary Entry
chestnut
chestnut is a 8-letter English word with 14 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The edible nut of a forest tree (Castanea vesca) of Europe and America. Commonly two or more of the nuts grow in a prickly bur. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 15 · 14 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The edible nut of a forest tree (Castanea vesca) of Europe and America. Commonly two or more of the nuts grow in a prickly bur.
- 2noun
The tree itself, or its light, coarse-grained timber, used for ornamental work, furniture, etc.
- 3noun
A bright brown color, like that of the nut.
- 4noun
The horse chestnut (often so used in England).
- 5noun
One of the round, or oval, horny plates on the inner sides of the legs of the horse, and allied animals.
- 6noun
An old joke or story.
- 7adjective
Of the color of a chestnut; of a reddish brown color; as, chestnut curls.
- 8noun
a dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse
- 9noun
a small horny callus on the inner surface of a horse's leg
- 10noun
the brown color of chestnuts
- 11noun
edible nut of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea
- 12noun
any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur
- 13noun
wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea
- 14adjective
(of hair or feathers) of a golden brown to reddish brown color
"a chestnut horse"
"chestnut hair"
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