Urdu meanings of Chestnut with examples of different dictionaries

Chestnut

Sr.	English Words	Urdu Words
1	CHESTNUT Adjective	سرخی مائل بھورے رنگ کا ۔
2	CHESTNUT	شاہ بلوط ۔
3	CHESTNUT Noun	شاہ بلوط کا پھل۔ جوز۔ اخروٹ۔
4	CHESTNUT	اخروٹ ۔
5	CHESTNUT BLIGHT Noun	بلوطی بیماری۔ درختوں کی بیماری۔

chestnut

[ches-nuht, -nuh t]

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noun

1.

any of the several deciduous trees constituting the genus Castanea, of the beech family, having toothed, oblong leaves and bearing edible nuts enclosed in a prickly bur, and including C. dentata (American chestnut) which has been virtually destroyed by the chestnut blight, C. sativa (European chestnut) C. mollissima (Chinese chestnut) and C. crenata (Japanese chestnut)

2.

the edible nut of such a tree.

3.

the wood of any of these trees.

4.

any fruit or tree resembling the chestnut, as the horse chestnut.

5.

reddish brown.

6.

an old or stale joke, anecdote, etc.

7.

the callosity on the inner side of the leg of a horse.

8.

a reddish-brown horse having the mane and tail of the same color.

Compare bay⁵ (def 2).

9.

Also called liver chestnut. a horse of a solid, dark-brown color.

adjective

10.

reddish-brown.

11.

(of food) containing or made with chestnuts:

turkey with chestnut stuffing.

Idioms

12.

pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire, to rescue someone from a difficulty.

1350-1400; 1880-85 for def 6; earlier chesten nut, Middle English chesten, Old English cysten chestnut tree (< Latin castanea < Greek kastanéa) 

Examples from the web for chestnut

• Police paperwork is an old chestnut which really needs a proper roasting.
• In my region this includes western bluebirds, tree swallows, chestnut-backed chickadees and white-breasted nuthatches.
• IT was the next week after the events narrated, and the chestnut trees were already in bloom.
• At that time a splendid old chestnut tree was growing in one corner.
• His coat was threadbare and with more holes in it than a chestnut roaster.
• It's converted naturally in oak and chestnut barrels over the course of about a year, and then aged another four years.
• Gives examples of other invasive species threatening chestnut, ash, and sugar maple trees.
• By all means, let us ease the old chestnut into well-deserved retirement.
• Tobacco was also growing, and a big military-chestnut tree stood farther away.
• The overused chestnut that correlation imply causation is important to keep in mind here.

British Dictionary definitions for chestnut

chestnut

/ˈtʃɛsˌnʌt/

noun

1.

any N temperate fagaceous tree of the genus Castanea, such as C. sativa (sweet or Spanish chestnut), which produce flowers in long catkins and nuts in a prickly bur Compare horse chestnut, water chestnut, dwarf chestnut

2.

the edible nut of any of these trees

3.

the hard wood of any of these trees, used in making furniture, etc

4.

1. a reddish-brown to brown colour
2. (as adjective): chestnut hair

5.

a horse of a yellow-brown or golden-brown colour

6.

a small horny callus on the inner surface of a horse's leg

7.

(informal) an old or stale joke

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