chestnut
Example Sentences
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Three giant horse chestnut trees, each over 80 feet tall, stand guard in front of my house.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
The sweet and soft nut plays a large role in traditional mountain cooking and tradition because in places where you couldn’t grow wheat or barley, there were still chestnut trees.
From Salon • Jan. 24, 2026
The single combat involves swinging a conker -- a hardened horse chestnut -- on a string at your opponent's nut with murderous venom, until one is smashed to pieces.
From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025
Danger, a chestnut quarter horse with a white blaze down his face and a deep copper coat, was born the same summer Hunter first wore an Auburn jersey.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025
She had long, chestnut hair and eyes so blue Shadow mistakenly thought she was wearing tinted contact lenses.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
