Chestnut

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim An edible nut (technically a fruit) of the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut tree (Castanea sativa); also (chiefly preceded by a descriptive word), a nut from a related shrub or tree; or a similar nut from an unrelated plant.

   “Of trouth the cheſtain trees brynge forth the ſoft ſwete cheſtnutte out of the ſharpe pricking ⁊ hard huſke.”

2. isim In full chestnut tree: the shrub or tree that bears this nut, the Spanish chestnut or sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa); also (chiefly preceded by a descriptive word), a shrub or tree of the genus Castanea.

   “The Cheſnut delighteth in ſhadowie places and mountaynes whoſe ſituation is towardes the North.”

3. isim Wood of a chestnut tree.
4. isim Short for horse chestnut (“any of several tree species of the genus Aesculus, especially Aesculus hippocastanum; the fruit of such a tree”).

   “And those three chestnuts near, that hung / In masses thick with milky cones.”

5. isim A dark, reddish-brown colour, like that of chestnut fruit (noun sense 1).

   “Roſ[alind]. I'faith his haire is of a good colour. / Cel[ia]. An excellent colour: / Your Cheſſnut vvas euer the onely colour: […]”

6. isim A horse with a reddish-brown coat, mane and tail.

   “[T]he noble Vice-President of the Club, Lord Carington […] led the way with his chestnuts, having a distinguished brother whip, Lord Londesborough, by his side.”

7. isim An oval or round horny plate located on the inner side of the leg of a horse or other equines, which is thought by some people to correspond with the thumbnail of other animals.
8. isim Chiefly in old chestnut: a joke, meme, phrase, ploy, etc. which has been repeated so often as to have grown ineffective or tiresome; a cliché.

   “UNIQUE II Break My Stride […] Yep, this is a dance-leaning cover of the Matthew Wilder '80s pop chestnut. It has already saturated radio airwaves throughout Europe, with a number of programmers here already giving it positive feedback.”

9. sıfat Of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut fruit (noun sense 1).

   “chestnut hair”

10. özel isim A surname.

    “And not to rub salt in wounds, when it comes to making mincemeat of the competition, American Joey Chestnut is still top banana.”