AN OLD CHESTNUT

Meaning of AN OLD CHESTNUT in English

a joke, story, or subject that has become uninteresting through constant repetition.

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Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

AN — [an] 1. interr part -; an ille habe le libro? has he the book?; 2. conj whether -an suffixo adjective …
Interlingua English vocab
OLD — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Old English script Old Ironsides Haakon the Old James Edward the Old Pretender Old …
Английский словарь Британика
CHESTNUT — I Any of four species of deciduous ornamental and timber trees of the genus Castanea , in the beech family. …
Английский словарь Британика
OLD — I. ˈōld, before a consonant often ˈōl adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English ald, old, from Old English eald, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHESTNUT — I. ˈches(ˌ)nət, usu -əd.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: earlier chesten nut, from Middle English chesten, chesteine, chasteine, from Middle …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AN — I. _ən, after some consonants often ə n, esp emphatic or hesitating or after a pause (|)an; see usage note …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHESTNUT — (a.) Of the color of a chestnut; of a reddish brown color; as, chestnut curls.
Английский словарь Webster
CHESTNUT — (n.) The horse chestnut (often so used in England).
Английский словарь Webster
AN — () This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before nouns of …
Английский словарь Webster
CHESTNUT — ( a. ) Of the color of a chestnut; of a reddish brown color; as, chestnut curls.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
AN — This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before nouns of the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
OLD — — oldness , n. /ohld/ , adj., older, oldest or elder, eldest , n. adj. 1. far advanced in the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CHESTNUT — — chestnutty , adj. /ches"nut', -neuht/ , n. 1. any of the several deciduous trees constituting the genus Castanea, of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AN — an 1 /euhn/ ; when stressed /an/ , indefinite article. the form of a before an initial vowel sound ( …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CHESTNUT — n. type of tree; horse chestnut (nut from the chestnut tree); reddish-brown horse
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OLD — I. ˈōld; for sense 9 usually ˈōl adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English eald; akin to Old High German …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CHESTNUT — I. ˈches(t)-(ˌ)nət noun Etymology: Middle English chasteine, chesten chestnut tree, from Anglo-French chastein, chestain, from Latin castanea, from Greek kastanea …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AN — I. ən, (ˈ)an indefinite article Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ān one — more at one Date: before 12th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Webster English vocab
CHESTNUT — noun an old joke or story. 2. chestnut ·noun a bright brown color, like that of the nut. 3. chestnut …
Webster English vocab
AN — conj if; a word used by old english authors. 2. an ·- this word is properly an adjective, but …
Webster English vocab
OLD — [old] adj [ME, fr. OE eald; akin to OHG alt old, L alere to nourish, alescere to grow, altus high, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CHESTNUT — [chest.nut] n [ME chasteine, chesten chestnut tree, fr. MF chastaigne, fr. L castanea, fr. Gk kastanea] (14c) 1 a: any …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
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Merriam-Webster English vocab
CHESTNUT — any of four species of deciduous ornamental and timber trees of the genus Castanea in the beech family (Fagaceae), native …
Britannica English vocabulary
OLD — old BrE AmE əʊld ⇨ɒʊld AmE oʊld ▷ older ˈəʊld ə ⇨ˈɒʊld- AmE ˈoʊld ə r ▷ oldest ˈəʊld ɪst …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CHESTNUT — chestnut, C\~ BrE AmE ˈtʃes nʌt ˈtʃest- ▷ chestnut|s s ▶ ˈ chestnut tree BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
OLD — / əʊld; NAmE oʊld/ adjective ( old·er , old·est ) AGE 1. be ... years, months, etc. ~ of a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CHESTNUT — / ˈtʃesnʌt; NAmE / noun , adjective ■ noun 1. (also ˈchestnut tree ) [ C ] a large tree …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CHESTNUT — I. chest ‧ nut 1 /ˈtʃesnʌt/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: chesten 'chestnut tree' (14-17 centuries) (from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AN — I. a S1 W1 /ə; strong eɪ/ BrE AmE ( also an ) indefinite article , determiner 1 . used …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OLD — adj. (older, oldest) (cf. ELDER, ELDEST). 1 a advanced in age; far on in the natural period of existence. b …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CHESTNUT — n. & adj. --n. 1 a a glossy hard brown edible nut. b the tree Castanea sativa, bearing flowers in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AN — adj. the form of the indefinite article (see A(1)) used before words beginning with a vowel sound (an egg; an …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OLD — adj. (older, oldest) (cf. ELDER, ELDEST). 1 a advanced in age; far on in the natural period of existence. b …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CHESTNUT — n. & adj. n. 1 a a glossy hard brown edible nut. b the tree Castanea sativa, bearing flowers in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AN — adj. the form of the indefinite article (see A(1)) used before words beginning with a vowel sound (an egg; an …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OLD — adj. (older, oldest) (cf. ELDER, ELDEST). 1. a advanced in age; far on in the natural period of existence. b …
Oxford English vocab
CHESTNUT — n. & adj. --n. 1. a a glossy hard brown edible nut. b the tree Castanea sativa, bearing flowers in …
Oxford English vocab
OLD — ( older, oldest) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Someone who is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CHESTNUT — ( chestnuts) 1. A chestnut or chestnut tree is a tall tree with broad leaves. N-COUNT see also horse chestnut …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CHESTNUT — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES chestnut brown (= a red-brown colour ) ▪ a beautiful chestnut brown horse chestnut …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OLD — (FROM THE PAST) [adjective] [before noun] -er, -est - from a period in the past; former (EARLIER)I saw my old …
Cambridge English vocab
CHESTNUT — [adjective]Chestnut is a deep reddish-brown colour.Her hair was cut in a short bob and dyed chestnut.
Cambridge English vocab
CHESTNUT — n. chestnut blight horse chestnut family water chestnut
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CHESTNUT — n. Any of four species of deciduous ornamental and timber trees of the genus Castanea , in the beech family. …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
OLD — n. Old Museum of Painting Old English script Old Ironsides Haakon the Old James Edward the Old Pretender Old Believers …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
OLD — n. age old old age old fashioned Old Gooseberry Old Guard old hand old hat old lady old line old …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
OLD — INDEX: not young 1. not young 2. older than someone else 3. too old to do something 4. to become …
Longman Activator English vocab
OLD — n. 25B6; adjective old people : ELDERLY, aged, older, senior, advanced in years, venerable; in one's dotage, long in the …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
OLD — adjective 1 BAD : He is married to a twenty years old American girl. GOOD : He is married to …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
AN — indefinite article BAD : I had never visited an hospital before. GOOD : I had never visited a hospital before. …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
OLD — 1. прил.; сравн. - older, elder; превосх. - oldest, eldest 1) а) старый old age old people grow old get …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CHESTNUT — 1. сущ. 1) каштан (дерево, плод, древесина) 2) конский каштан Syn : horse-chestnut 3) бабка (у лошади) 4) каштановый цвет …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OLD — old.ogg 1. əʋld n 1. (the old) собир. старики home for the old - дом для престарелых old and young …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CHESTNUT — chestnut.ogg 1. ʹtʃesnʌt n 1. 1> бот. каштан благородный ( Castanea sativa ) 2> каштан ( плод ) 2. каштан, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CHESTNUT — chestnut сущ.1) каштан (дерево, плод, древесина) 2) конский каштан Syn:horse-chestnut 3) бабка (у лошади) 4) каштановый цвет 5) разг. гнедая …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
OLD — 1. əʋld n 1. (the old) собир. старики home for the old - дом для престарелых old and young /young …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь

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