English-Thai Dictionary

chestnut

N เกาลัด  kal-lad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CHESTNUT

n.The fruit, seed or nut of a tree belonging to the genus Fagus. It is inclosed in a prickly pericarp, which contains two or more seeds.

 

CHESTNUT

a.Being of the color of a chestnut; of a brown color. It is perhaps rarely used as a noun.

 

CHESTNUT-TREE

n.The tree which produces the chestnut. This tree grows to a great size, with spreading branches. It is one of the most valuable timber trees, as the wood is very durable, and forms in America the principal timber for fencing. The timber is also used in building, and for vessels of various kinds. Dwarf-chestnut, or chinkapin, is another species of Fagus.
Horse-chestnut, is a tree of the genus Aesculus. The common tree of this sort is a native of the North of Asia, and admired for the beauty of its flowers. It is used for shade and ornament, and its nuts are esteemed good food for horses. The scarlet-flowering horse-chestnut is a native of Carolina, Brazil and the East, and is admired for its beauty.
The Indian Rose-chestnut, of the genus Mesua, bears a nut, roundish, pointed and marked with four elevated longitudinal sutures.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CHESTNUT

Chest "nut, n. Etym: [For chesten-nut; OE. chestein, chesten,chastein, chestnut, fr. AS. cisten in cistenbeám chestnut tree, influenced by OF. chastaigne, F. châtaigne, both the AS. and the F. words coming from L. castanea a chestnut, Gr. Castanets. ]

 

1. (Bot. )

 

Defn: The edible nut of a forest tree (Castanea vesce ) of Europe and America. Commonly two or more of the nuts grow in a prickly bur.

 

2. The tree itself, or its light, coarse-grained timber, used for ornamental work, furniture, etc.

 

3. A bright brown color, like that of the nut.

 

4. The horse chestnut (often so used in England ).

 

5. One of the round, or oval, horny plates on the inner sides of the legs of the horse, and allied animals.

 

6. An old joke or story. [Slang ] Chestnut tree, a tree that bears chestnuts.

 

CHESTNUT

CHESTNUT Chest "nut, a.

 

Defn: Of or pertaining of a chestnut; of a reddish brown color; as, chestnut curls.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

chestnut

chest nut |ˈCHes (t )ˌnət ˈtʃɛs (t )ˌnət | ▶noun 1 (also sweet chestnut ) a glossy brown nut that may be roasted and eaten. 2 (also chestnut tree, sweet chestnut, or Spanish chestnut ) the large European tree that produces the edible chestnut, which develops within a bristly case, with serrated leaves and heavy timber. [Castanea sativa, family Fagaceae. ] • (also American chestnut ) a related tree (C. dentata ), which succumbed to a fungus bark disease in the early 1900s. Once prolific in the eastern US, very few large specimens survived. • (also Chinese chestnut ) a related tree (C. mollissima ) native to China and Korea, cultivated elsewhere for its edible nut. The flowers have a putrid odor. • short for horse chestnut. • used in names of trees and plants that are related to the sweet chestnut or that produce similar nuts, e.g., water chestnut. 3 a deep reddish-brown color: [ as modifier ] : chestnut hair. • a horse of a reddish-brown color, with a brown mane and tail. 4 a small horny patch on the inside of each of a horse's legs. PHRASES an old chestnut a joke or story that has become tedious because of its age and constant repetition. pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire succeed in a hazardous undertaking for someone else's benefit. [with reference to the fable of a monkey using a cat's paw to extract roasting chestnuts from a fire. ]ORIGIN early 16th cent.: from Old English chesten (from Old French chastaine, via Latin from Greek kastanea ) + nut .

 

Chestnut Hill

Chest nut Hill 1 an affluent suburban area west of Boston in Massachusetts, partly in Brookline and partly in Newton. 2 an affluent residential section in northern Philadelphia in Pennsylvania.

 

chestnut oak

chest nut oak ▶noun a North American oak that has leaves resembling those of the chestnut. [Genus Quercus, family Fagaceae: several species, in particular Q. montana (or Q. prinus ) of the eastern US. ]

 

Oxford Dictionary

chestnut

chest |nut |ˈtʃɛsnʌt | ▶noun 1 (also sweet chestnut ) a glossy hard brown edible nut which develops within a bristly case and which may be roasted and eaten. • [ mass noun ] a deep reddish-brown colour. • (also chesnut ) a horse of a reddish-brown or yellowish-brown colour, with a brown mane and tail. 2 (also chestnut tree, sweet chestnut, or Spanish chestnut ) the large European tree that produces the edible chestnut, with serrated leaves and heavy timber. ●Castanea sativa, family Fagaceae. • short for horse chestnut. • used in names of trees and plants that are related to the sweet chestnut, or produce similar nuts or edible parts that resemble them, e.g. water chestnut. 3 a small horny patch on the inside of each of a horse's legs. PHRASES an old chestnut a joke, story, or subject that has become tedious and uninteresting through constant repetition. pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire succeed in a hazardous undertaking for someone else's benefit. [with reference to the fable of a monkey using a cat's paw to extract roasting chestnuts from a fire. ]ORIGIN early 16th cent.: from Old English chesten (from Old French chastaine, via Latin from Greek kastanea ) + nut .

 

Chestnut Hill

Chest nut Hill 1 an affluent suburban area west of Boston in Massachusetts, partly in Brookline and partly in Newton. 2 an affluent residential section in northern Philadelphia in Pennsylvania.

 

chestnut oak

chest |nut oak ▶noun a North American oak which has leaves resembling those of the chestnut. ●Genus Quercus, family Fagaceae: several species.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

chestnut

chest nut /tʃésnʌ̀t / (! chest-のtは発音しない ) 名詞 1 C クリの木 〘ブナ科; 花言葉は 「私を公平に扱え 」〙; クリの実 〘花言葉は 「ぜいたく 」; 耐久 貞節の象徴 〙; トチの木 (horse chestnut ).2 U クリ材 .3 U 赤褐色, クリ色 .4 C ｟話 くだけて ｠古くさいしゃれ [冗談 ], ありふれた話 .5 C (たてがみも尾も )栗毛の馬 .p ù ll A's ch é stnuts out of the f í re ｟英話 ｠A 〈人 〉を救おうとして (自分が )危険に陥る ; A 〈人 〉のために火中の栗を拾う .形容詞 クリの ; クリ色の, クリのような, クリ材の ▸ chestnut hair クリ色の髪 .