chestnut
(tʃesnʌt )
Word forms: chestnuts
1. countable noun
A chestnut or chestnut tree is a tall tree with broad leaves.
Chestnut is the wood of this tree.
2. See also horse chestnut
3. countable noun
Chestnuts are the reddish-brown nuts that grow on chestnut trees. You can eat chestnuts.
4. colour
Something that is chestnut is dark reddish-brown in colour.
...a woman with chestnut hair.
...a chestnut mare.
5. old chestnut/hoary chestnut phrase [NOUN inflects]
If you refer to a statement, a story, or a joke as an old chestnut or a hoary chestnut, you mean that it has been repeated so often that it is no longer interesting.
...that old chestnut, the war between man and machines.
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Idioms:
an old chestnut [mainly British]
a statement, story or idea that has been repeated so often that it is no longer interesting
The feminist struggle is too important to become an old chestnut over which people groan.
Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
Collocations:
chestnut brown
The mixture will become a deep chestnut brown.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The cap is a chestnut brown colour with a cream margin.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Today her hair is chestnut brown.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
She had a fine complexion, chestnut brown hair and intelligent, lively eyes beneath prominent lids and fine arched brows.
ELIZABETH AND MARY: Cousins, Rivals, Queens (2003)
Translations:
Chinese: 栗子, 栗子树, 栗色的
Japanese: クリ, クリの木, クリ色の
- lack of information
- lack of infrastructure
- lack of input
- lack of intellect
- lack of interest
- lack of leadership
- lack of opportunity
- lack of planning
- lack of preparation
- lack of progress
- lack of recognition
- lack of regard for
- lack of resources
- lack of respect
- lack of response
- lack of self-esteem
- lack of sleep
- lack of success
- lack of supply
- lack of support
- lack of talent
- lack of training
- lack of transparency
- lack of trust
- lack of understanding