Definition of Chestnuts

1. Noun. (plural of chestnut) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chestnuts

1. chestnut [n] - See also: chestnut

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chestnuts

chestnut-backed antshrike
chestnut-backed antshrikes
chestnut-bark disease
chestnut-flanked sparrowhawk
chestnut blight
chestnut canker
chestnut oak
chestnut oaks
chestnut rail
chestnut rails
chestnut teal
chestnut teals
chestnut tree
chestnut trees
chestnutlike
chestnuts (current term)
chestnutty
chests
chests of drawers
chestsful
chesty
chetah
chetahs
cheth
cheths
chetnik
chetniks
chetotaxy
chetrum
chetrums

Literary usage of Chestnuts

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1838)
"When the chestnuts are ripe, those that are to be preserved are collected ... But, as it is often a considerable time before the chestnuts are all ripe ..."

2. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"There are five known species of the true chestnuts, three of which are ... The nuts are not sweet like our native chestnuts, but they are good when cooked. ..."

3. The Boston Cooking-school Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer (1896)
"chestnuts. French and Italian chestnuts are served in place of vegetables. ... Remove shells from chestnuts, cook until soft in boiling salted water; drain, ..."

4. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"... chestnuts „ (air-dried) Sweet chestnuts are largely used as human food ; the horse-chestnut has been tried as cattle food, with success (Gay, ..."

5. Graded Literature Readers by Harry Pratt Judson, Ida C. Bender (1899)
"One day a cat and a monkey sat watching some chestnuts put in the fire to ... She put out her paw for the chestnuts. She took one out, but burned her paw. ..."

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