I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
chestnut brown (= a red-brown colour )
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a beautiful chestnut brown horse
chestnut literary (= dark brown )
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She had a fine head of chestnut hair.
hoary old chestnut (= old idea, joke, remark etc )
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Not that hoary old chestnut again.
horse chestnut
water chestnut
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
old
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Mostly it was that good old chestnut - missing morning parade.
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An electric new version of the old chestnut .
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Hopes that political stability will encourage a bout of takeover activity, directed attention at all the old bid chestnuts .
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This is a regular old chestnut and the advice given depends very much on who is giving it.
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The debacle in Poznam featured that old chestnut , the diabolical deflection, known and despised since that tragic afternoon in Gelsenkirchen.
sweet
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There were tall trees here and there on either side, oak and sycamore and ash and occasionally a sweet chestnut .
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Sammy scampered leisurely in front of him while he stopped intermittently to pick up sweet chestnuts on the way.
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A sweet chestnut lay close by, its glossiness marred by decisive incisor scratch marks.
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There are winding streets, museums, half-timbered houses and lush gardens of figs, mulberries, sweet chestnuts and vines.
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horse
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The familiar figure of Selwyn Hopkins sat on the bench under the horse chestnut tree, gazing out over the estuary.
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Already, two mature horse chestnuts had been felled.
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Its several greens with their majestic horse chestnuts are overlooked by the church from its commanding hilltop position.
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Some leaves are especially toxic: those of evergreens like holly and laurel, as well as horse chestnut and willows.
tree
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The familiar figure of Selwyn Hopkins sat on the bench under the horse chestnut tree , gazing out over the estuary.
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He got up in his night-shirt and looked incredulously out at the twigs of the stately chestnut tree in front of the castle.
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Ahead now was a road junction shaded by two big chestnut trees .
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She laughed as she watched the dove soar above the chestnut trees , which were already showing the first flecks of green.
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She sat on the chair by the window and gazed out at the wide lawns edged by chestnut trees .
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In minutes you can leave the sea for chestnut trees and olive groves.
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He watched the turn in the road by the chestnut trees .
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Rose and Dieter were watching from the shade of a chestnut tree , chatting in low voices and giggling.
water
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Combine with water chestnuts , red pepper, and onions.
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Add onion, bamboo shoots, ginger, water chestnuts and boy choy and cook 1-2 minutes.
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Another source describes the stones as ranging from the size of goose eggs down to the size of water chestnuts .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Already, two mature horse chestnuts had been felled.
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He got up in his night-shirt and looked incredulously out at the twigs of the stately chestnut tree in front of the castle.
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High above, curved oak, spruce and chestnut grew beside giant magnolias.
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I wave some smoke away and ask if he's selling roast chestnuts.
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In the embers of the fire, David again roasted chestnuts for the now sunny-tempered Josh, until his bedtime.
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The chestnuts must be peeled first, which is a little time consuming but worth the effort.
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There's a big house at the end of an avenue of chestnuts.
II. adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Her face was framed by chestnut curls.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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The chestnut colt stuck its head in through the open window to lick her hand with its warm tongue.