A surname.
Used in a Sentence
chestnuts
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for chestnuts.
Editorial note
Usually kids would gather chestnuts, but these chestnuts were lying in the street, half again the usual size.
Examples14
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
A surname.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of chestnuts gathered in one view.
(uncountable) A dark, reddish-brown colour, like that of chestnut fruit (noun, sense 1).
(countable) A horse with a reddish-brown coat.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for chestnuts.
noun
A surname.
noun
(uncountable) A dark, reddish-brown colour, like that of chestnut fruit (noun, sense 1).
noun
(countable) A horse with a reddish-brown coat.
noun
(uncountable) Wood of a chestnut tree.
Example sentences
Usually kids would gather chestnuts, but these chestnuts were lying in the street, half again the usual size.
These vegetables stuffed with a mix of brown rice and chestnuts and baked in the oven is heavenly.
Also chestnuts have yet to make a real comeback since being nearly wiped out in North America[1].
But you're also insane expecting a small reseller of some small company to pull your chestnuts out of the fire.
Then in the fall, the chestnuts starting falling from the many chestnut trees in Kiev (emblem of Kiev is chestnut leaf).
There will be the few women chestnuts but the ratio will be the same.
Design is the process of fitting one to the other, and requires real actual thought, work and measurement, not just repeating chestnuts.
And roasted chestnuts, which are sold by street vendors in Turkey in the winter.
Also, one of my favourite chestnuts: positive discrimination is negative discrimination against others.
Those are the 2 old chestnuts always pulled out to justify government/police surveillance.
We're fresh out of chestnuts here, but thankfully Halo 4 matchmaking is online.
The reason for the unwieldy scale might be the lack of proper package inspection and maintenance, which the dreaded old chestnuts do provide.
Quote examples
But there's something a bit "death and taxes" to the inevitability that any large enough project is going to have some corner cases involving these old chestnuts.
"The Christmas Song" ("Chestnuts roasting..."; still under copyright in the US for another ~15 years) is just as much a part of Christmas to me as "Angels We Have Heard on High" (public domain).
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use chestnuts in a sentence?
Usually kids would gather chestnuts, but these chestnuts were lying in the street, half again the usual size.
What does chestnuts mean?
A surname.
What part of speech is chestnuts?
chestnuts is commonly used as noun.